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单词 amour propre
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amour propre

/aˌmʊə ˈprɒpr(ə) / /amuʀ pʀɔpʀ/
noun [mass noun]
A sense of one’s own worth; self-respect: Pablo’s amour propre must have been tested by his short stature...
  • That would violate their sense of amour propre and their self-image as the valiant victims.
  • But the Foreign Ministries of Europe were staffed by aristocrats motivated more by considerations of amour propre than common sense.
  • The more they are ignored, the greater their sense of outraged amour propre.

Origin

French.

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