self-conscious

ˌself-ˈconscious adjectiveadj

1 EMBARRASSEDworried and embarrassed about what you look like or what other people think of you 〔因顾虑自己的外表或他人的看法〕忸怩的，害羞的，不自然的

self-conscious about

Jerry’s pretty self-conscious about his weight.

杰里很在意自己的体重。

► see thesaurus at embarrassed, shy

2. Aself-conscious art, writing etc shows that the artist etc is paying too much attention to how the public will react to their work 〔艺术、文学作品等〕过于重视公众反应的，强调社会效果的

—self-consciously adverbadv

The boys posed rather self-consciously for the photo.

男孩子们拍这张照片姿势很不自然。

—self-consciousness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

self-conscious• "I've never drunk wine before, " I said, suddenly self-conscious.• He wore nothing except shorts, and was unlike the head of Nefertiti in that he was self-conscious.• It has to be closely supervised but provides a good job for any adult who might be feeling somewhat self-conscious.• Teenagers are often very self-conscious about their appearance.• At first, there were faint murmurings, barely audible even within the row, and self-conscious answers from the team leader.• I always feel really self-conscious in a bikini.• However, be careful of creating self-conscious metaphors and similes.• A self-conscious orphan, she took emotional refuge in social form and social skills.• Mary had provoked sensations of his childhood; one of them was this womb-echoing self-conscious snugness indoors, safe from outside turbulence.• Her diary was written in a strangely self-conscious style.• The superintendent divined from the self-conscious way he carried himself that Hebden wished he had.

self-conscious about• Leo's still self-conscious about his accent.

词汇	self-conscious
释义	self-conscious ˌself-ˈconscious adjectiveadj 1 EMBARRASSEDworried and embarrassed about what you look like or what other people think of you 〔因顾虑自己的外表或他人的看法〕忸怩的，害羞的，不自然的 self-conscious about Jerry’s pretty self-conscious about his weight. 杰里很在意自己的体重。 ► see thesaurus at embarrassed, shy 2. Aself-conscious art, writing etc shows that the artist etc is paying too much attention to how the public will react to their work 〔艺术、文学作品等〕过于重视公众反应的，强调社会效果的 —self-consciously adverbadv The boys posed rather self-consciously for the photo. 男孩子们拍这张照片姿势很不自然。 —self-consciousness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus self-conscious• "I've never drunk wine before, " I said, suddenly self-conscious.• He wore nothing except shorts, and was unlike the head of Nefertiti in that he was self-conscious.• It has to be closely supervised but provides a good job for any adult who might be feeling somewhat self-conscious.• Teenagers are often very self-conscious about their appearance.• At first, there were faint murmurings, barely audible even within the row, and self-conscious answers from the team leader.• I always feel really self-conscious in a bikini.• However, be careful of creating self-conscious metaphors and similes.• A self-conscious orphan, she took emotional refuge in social form and social skills.• Mary had provoked sensations of his childhood; one of them was this womb-echoing self-conscious snugness indoors, safe from outside turbulence.• Her diary was written in a strangely self-conscious style.• The superintendent divined from the self-conscious way he carried himself that Hebden wished he had. self-conscious about• Leo's still self-conscious about his accent.
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