| 单词 |
self-orientation |
| 释义 |
self-orienˈtation
[self- 1 a.]
1. The orientation or directing of one's actions or attitudes for oneself or by oneself.
a1896G. du Maurier Martian (1897) vi. 250 The feeling of self-orientation which was so necessary to him. 1936Wirth & Shils tr. Mannheim's Ideol. & Utopia i. 22 To the extent that mechanistic psychology and..the social impulsion towards all-embracing mechanization, negated these values, they destroyed an important element in the self-orientation of human beings in their everyday life.
2. Social Psychol. Underlying motivation that orients one's behaviour primarily towards what concerns oneself.
1951Parsons & Shils Toward Gen. Theory of Action i. 77 We maintain that there are only five basic pattern variables... They are..2. Self-orientation—Collective orientation. 1964Gould & Kolb Dict. Soc. Sci. 489/1 In applying the moral mode of value-orientation, the actor must choose between action for private goals (self-orientation) and action on behalf of collective goals (collectivity-orientation).
Also self-ˈoriented ppl. a.
1936Mind XLV. 72 Mr Leon holds, with Butler if not with Plato, that all the natural appetites, though self-oriented, are in themselves innocent. 1975R. H. Rimmer Premar Experiments (1976) i. 49 At first the child is completely self-oriented, autistic, hedonistic. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容：
相关热词搜索：selforientation英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语
字词 易感性白痴 释义 【医】 versatile idiocy 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基......