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Introspective Time Examining Feelings Contemplating 英 ˌɪntrə'Spektɪv] 美 ˌɪntrə'Spektɪv

英语单词 introspective
英美音标 英 [ˌɪntrə'spektɪv] 美 [ˌɪntrə'spektɪv]
中文释义 adj.反省的;内省的
英语例句 (1) This forces me to look "inside" myself and become introspective.
(2) He allowed his works to express an introspective consciousness of individual isolation.
中文例句 (1) 这迫使我往自己“内心”看并变得自省。
(2) 他使自己的作品表现了孤独的个人内省的意识。
vocabulary简明 Someone who is introspective spends considerable time examining his own thoughts and feelings. If you take to your diary after an unhappy break-up, you are being introspective.
vocabulary扩展 The Latin word introspicere means to look inside, and that's what an introspective person does, metaphorically speaking. It's different from meditative and pensive in that they can refer to contemplating anything, whereas introspection involves specifically contemplating yourself.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]内省的;自省的;反省的 Introspective people spend a lot of time examining their own thoughts, ideas, and feelings.

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