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 I was soul-searching, I was like, why is she suddenly gone, and there are fleas here?
  我搜肠刮肚的想，她怎么能突然没了呢，跳蚤们却还在这儿。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• After much consideration and soul-searching, Michael and I have arrived at the decision to divorce due to 'Irreconcilable Differences,' she wrote at the time.
  经过再三的考虑和挣扎之后，由于无法协调的差异我和Michael做出了离婚一个艰难的决定，她说。
• Put your time and energy into travel, philosophy, and soul-searching.
  将你的时间与精力放在旅行，哲学，和反省中。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。