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-derived
selfself, own
+
suffconnector
+
icconnector
+
iencysuffix
=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.

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