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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• These mistakes have led to some soul-searching in the profession.
  这些失误已在行内引发了一些深刻反省。
• And when I did some serious soul-searching.
  当我严肃地自我反省。
• She had not planned to work in the non-profit world, but a period of soul-searching changed her mind.
  她之前并未打算涉足非盈利性行业，但一段时间的内省改变了她的想法。
• 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。
• 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。
• Status Offline Today, under Kegan and Lahey's guidance, our group begins to engage in some supervised soul-searching.
  如今，在Kegan和Lahey的指导下，我们这个小组开始了指导下的心灵探索。