self-made

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having achieved success by one's own efforts, with little to no support from family members and others. not-comparable
    — My father was the quintessential self-made man.
  2. Made by oneself instead of bought or taken over. not-comparable
    — Near-synonyms: homemade, homebrew, homespun, handmade; see also Thesaurus:custom-made

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词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English made
English self-made
From self- + made.
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