1. 忸怩的;害羞的;難為情的;不自然的 Someone who is self-conscious is easily embarrassed and nervous because they feel that everyone is looking at them and judging them.
e.g. I felt a bit self-conscious in my swimming costume... 我穿著(zhù)游泳衣覺(jué)得有點(diǎn)害羞。 e.g. Bess was self-conscious about being shorter than her two friends. 貝絲因比她的兩個(gè)朋友個(gè)子都矮而感到很不自在。
self-consciously I glanced down at my dress jacket a little self-consciously... 我不好意思地低頭掃了一眼自己的連衣裙外套。 She was fiddling self-consciously with her wedding ring. 她局促不安地摸著(zhù)婚戒。self-consciousness ...her painful self-consciousness. 她令人看不慣的忸怩樣
2. 有強烈自我意識的;高度自覺(jué)的 If you describe someone or something as self-conscious, you mean that they are strongly aware of who or what they are.
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e.g. They were forged by them, moreover, into a self-conscious nation as early as the 10th century... 另外,早在10世紀,他們就被其鍛造成了一個(gè)具有自我意識的民族。 e.g. Putting the work together is a very self-conscious process. 把作品整個(gè)呈現出來(lái)是一個(gè)顯示出強烈自我意識的過(guò)程。
self-consciously The world which the book inhabits seems too self-consciously literary, too introverted... 該書(shū)所描繪的世界似乎過(guò)分刻意地追求文學(xué)性,過(guò)于內斂含蓄。 The place is as self-consciously trendy as they come. 這個(gè)地方非常有意識地追求時(shí)髦。