单词 | self-sufficient |
释义 | self-sufficient 1. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If a country or group is self-sufficient, it is able to produce or make everything that it needs. This enabled the country to become self-sufficient in sugar. [+ in] Using traditional methods poor farmers can be virtually self-sufficient. 2. adjective Someone who is self-sufficient is able to live happily without anyone else. Although she had various boyfriends, she was, and remains, fiercely self-sufficient. He'd created a tiny, self-sufficient world for himself. Synonyms: independent, self-contained, self-reliant, self-sustaining Translations: Chinese: 自给自足 Japanese: 自給自足の |
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