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单词 under one's own steam
释义

under one's own steam

British (With reference to travel) without assistance from others: we’re going to have to get there under our own steam...
  • ‘These delegates often travel under their own steam and bring a partner so are therefore likely to stay on for an extra weekend,’ a spokesman for VisitScotland said.
  • But I've set off down this road, and I should at least travel some distance under my own steam before deciding to turn back and simply be a passenger on someone else's mystery train.
  • He prefers to travel under his own steam, free of deadlines and the constriction of a commission.

Synonyms

unaided, unassisted, without help, without assistance, independently, by oneself, by one's own efforts, on one's own two feet
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