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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A couple of years ago, John did a bit of soul-searching in his travels, but now he's got a kid and is more of a homebody.
  几年前旅行的时候，约翰还进行一些自我反省。但现在有了孩子后，他完全是个宅男了。
• After much soul-searching I decided to break off my engagement.
  经过长时间的自我反省后，我决定解除我的婚约。
• 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。
• 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。
• This isn't the first time that China has done some soul-searching about familial love last year China Daily asked a cross-section of people if they said 'I love you' to their parents, spouses, and children.
  这不是中国第一次做关于亲情方面的自省去年《中国日报》就各个阶层的人进行了采访，询问他们是否对父母、爱人和孩子说过我爱你。
• 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。