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self-supporting

🇬🇧 UK/'selfsə'pɔ:tiŋ/🇺🇸 US/'selfsә'pɔ:tiŋ/

Definitions

adj.

Able to support oneself financially or structurally without outside assistance

自立的,自给的,自营的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
selfother
+
supportcarry, bear
+
ingcontinuous / action of
=self-supporting

Common Collocations

  • 1.fully self-supporting完全自立的
  • 2.financially self-supporting经济上自给自足的
  • 3.self-supporting structure自承重结构
  • 4.[become self-supporting]实现自立

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    By age 22, she was fully self-supporting, paying her own rent and tuition fees.

  • 2.

    The nonprofit organization became self-supporting through product sales and community donations.

  • 3.

    Engineers designed a self-supporting roof structure that requires no interior columns.

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