单词	self-preservation
释义	self-preservationˌself-preserˈvation noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES What seems to motivate Congress is self-preservation - a desire to get re-elected. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But his adaptability did not apply to his tenets, merely to his instinct for self-preservation. But I also joined out of self-preservation. It was a matter of self-preservation. More generally, the instinctive drive for self-preservation led to the emergence of a range of public and governmental institutions. Otherwise a decreasing fraction of the flow would be turbulent, and, for example, self-preservation could not occur. Politics and self-preservation must come first, never mind the majority of the people. There is a feeling of self-preservation here; for what shuts out happiness for some does so for me and mine. Thoughts around Salomon Brothers turned away from the greater glory of the firm and focused on self-preservation. protection of yourself and your own life in a threatening or dangerous situation:  the instinct for self-preservation
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