Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
self-ev·i·dent
\\-dənt, -ˌdent\\ adjective DATE 1671
: evident without proof or reasoning
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self-ev·i·dent·ly adverb self-evident
1690, from self + evident (q.v.).First attested in Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding."
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
self-evident
7self-'evident adjective obvious and needing no further proof or explanation
显而易见的；不言而喻的；明摆着的:
The dangers of such action are self-evident.
这样的行动,其危险是明摆着的。
a self-evident truth
不证自明的真理
• 7self-'evident·ly adv.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishself-evident
adj.
VERBS appear, be, seem | become
ADV. by no means These truths were by no means self-evident when Galileo first suggested them. | almost | largely | fairly
PREP. to It was self-evident to her that anything so wonderful could not have evolved accidentally.
self-evident adj.
⇨ clear 1
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
self-evident
\(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷\ adjective
: evident without proof or argument : producing conviction on a bare presentation or statement
< we hold these truths to be self-evident — U.S. Declaration of Independence >
• self-evidently \(ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adverb