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

• And when I did some serious soul-searching.
  当我严肃地自我反省。
• There have been some changes in young men's mindsets in searching for love, which may run counter to traditional soul-searching ideas.
  年轻男子在寻找爱情上的心态也，这与传统的反思想法相违背。
• Five years ago, I was going through some serious soul-searching. I was just back in the States after living abroad.
  五年前，我一直在认真进行自我反思。当时我正从国外回来，对于前途非常迷茫。
• This is not the first time China has engaged in television-inspired soul-searching.
  这不是中国第一次采用电视节目来鼓励思想探索。
• 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。
• 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。
• After the handover in 1997, Hong Kong was soul-searching because the perception was that it would become marginalised in Greater China, she says.
  1997年回归后，香港进行了深刻的反思，因为当时有人觉得香港将在大中华区被边缘化，她表示。
• Apart from its ritual function of saying farewell to college life, a graduation trip now also serves as a form of escapism and soul-searching for graduates.
  除了作为告别大学生活的仪式外，如今的毕业旅行也成了毕业生逃离现实追寻自我的途径之一。
• Status Offline Today, under Kegan and Lahey's guidance, our group begins to engage in some supervised soul-searching.
  如今，在Kegan和Lahey的指导下，我们这个小组开始了指导下的心灵探索。
• Moments of great tragedy often elicit national soul-searching.
  重大悲剧常常引起全国性的反思。