| 词汇 | self-protectiveness |
| 释义 | self-protectiveness noun[ U ] (alsoselfprotectiveness)uk /ˌself.prəˈtek.tɪv.nəs/ us /ˌself.prəˈtek.t̬ɪv.nəs/ the feeling or action of trying to keep yourself safe from injury or damage: Some day I'll be able to speak openly without self-protectiveness. There may be a certain amount of self-protectiveness in their reaction. The detective recognizes a cover-up, but he doesn’t know how to get past the mutual self-protectiveness of the police officers. We gradually realize that the character's earlier innocence has become a kind of self-protectiveness. Small nation states can only appeal to nostalgia and self-protectiveness. Defending and protecting air defence anti-bug anti-mosquito baby bandobast cocoon defensive duck duck and coveridiom embedded featherbedding fight back hedge insulate poisonous security camera security light self-protective shelter sheltered |
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