soul-searching

英 [ˈsəʊl sɜːtʃɪŋ]

美 [ˈsoʊl sɜːrtʃɪŋ]

n.  反省; 内省

牛津词典

noun

• 反省；内省
  the careful examination of your thoughts and feelings, for example in order to reach the correct decision or solution to sth

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 自我剖析；深刻反省
  Soul-searchingis a long and careful examination of your thoughts and feelings, especially when you are trying to make a difficult moral decision or thinking about something that has gone wrong.
  1. My year was really spent doing a lot of soul-searching and trying to find out what had gone wrong in my life.
     这一年来，我真的进行了许多深刻的反思，努力地找出自己的生活中到底哪里出了问题。

英英释义

noun

• a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives
  Synonym:self-analysis

双语例句

• Moments of great tragedy often elicit national soul-searching.
  重大悲剧常常引起全国性的反思。
• After many hours of soul-searching, he decided to admit his guilt.
  反思了好多小时后，他决定承认自己的罪行。
• I do not regard my own confusion as an indictment of modern macroeconomics, but I am struck by the soul-searching that has gripped the profession in the face of the economic crisis.
  我不会把自己的困惑当作对现代宏观经济学的指控，但这门学科在面对经济危机之际所突显的自省，令我惊叹不已。
• There has been some self-examination and soul-searching within the economics profession since the onset of the financial crisis.
  自金融危机爆发以来，经济学界内部进行了一些自我审查和反省。
• Peter Tufano, a Harvard finance professor, says the case study method and its role in developing arrogant 'students was one of the concerns raised by faculty as Harvard began its months of soul-searching.
  哈佛商学院金融学教授彼得图法诺（PeterTufano）表示，随着哈佛开始为期数月的自我反思，个案研究法及其在制造傲慢'学员中的作用，成为教员们关心的问题之一。
• It seemed as if each of us had been hiding our soul-searching from the other.
  我们两人似乎一直都拒绝与对方进行心灵的沟通。
• But sources close to the prince said he had reached a 'natural crossroads' in his career and, after much soul-searching, had decided he had no desire to 'progress through the ranks'.
  但是与王子亲近的人说，他已经在事业上达到了一个自然的十字路口，经过深思熟虑后，决定不想在军队中继续发展。
• It took a lot of learning and a lot of honest soul-searching, but I began to realize what was really important and I turned the ship around.
  我坐了许多调查和虔诚的领悟，但是我发现我发现了什么才是我真正重要的并且为之奋斗。
• She had not planned to work in the non-profit world, but a period of soul-searching changed her mind.
  她之前并未打算涉足非盈利性行业，但一段时间的内省改变了她的想法。
• After days of soul-searching he finally came to the decision to leave home.
  他经过几天的反躬自问，最终决定离家而去。