self-sufficiency
🇬🇧 UK/'selfsə'fiʃənsi/🇺🇸 US/,selfsә'fiʃәnsi/
Definitions
n.
The ability to provide for one's own needs without depending on others
自给自足,独立自主
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedselfself, own
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suffconnector
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=self-sufficiency
Common Collocations
- 1.food self-sufficiency粮食自给自足
- 2.energy self-sufficiency能源自给自足
- 3.achieve self-sufficiency实现自给自足
- 4.economic self-sufficiency经济独立自主
Example Sentences
- 1.
The remote community achieved food self-sufficiency by developing local farming cooperatives.
- 2.
Energy self-sufficiency has become a national priority for many countries after the fuel crisis.
- 3.
She valued personal self-sufficiency and rarely asked others for help.