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

• Moments of great tragedy often elicit national soul-searching.
  重大悲剧常常引起全国性的反思。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Sometimes the conversation might be a lot of give and take, advice and speculation, soul-searching and puzzle-solving, but sometimes you just need to be a giant ear for an hour.
  有时候我们的对话是为了交换意见，提出建议和思考，为了解决难题而深思熟虑，但有时候你只需要暂时扮演一只大耳朵。
• The complaint was about the ordinary telephone, television and even back gardens, which, in the 20th century, provoked the sort of soul-searching we are seeing today.
  这番抱怨针对的是寻常的电话、电视机乃至后花园，在20世纪，这些事物激起了与我们今日一样的反思。
• 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。
• After many hours of soul-searching, he decided to admit his guilt.
  反思了好多小时后，他决定承认自己的罪行。