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

• In fact, encounters with others will produce real soul-searching.
  事实上，和别人的交往会给你带来深思。
• 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。
• 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。
• And when I did some serious soul-searching.
  当我严肃地自我反省。
• 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。
• 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。
• As the progress comes to a close, at the end of over a year of dedication, experimentation, and soul-searching, we believe that we've achieved that which we were challenged to realize.
  当过程临近尾声，在一年多的投入、尝试与深思之后，我们相信我们已经完成了挑战。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。