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having succeeded in life without help from others 다른 사람의 도움 없이 성공적인 삶을 사는

• John is _____ man ; everything he's accomplished, he's accomplished without benefit of education or support from powerful friends Like most _____ men, John can't stop talking about how much he's managed to accomplish despite his humble origins.
  존은 자수성가한 사람이다 ; 그가 이룩한 모든 것은 교육의 혜택이나 권력 있는 친구의 도움 없이 이루어 낸 것이다. 대부분의 자수성가한 사람들처럼, 존도 보잘것없이 시작했음에도 불구하고 자신이 얼마나 많은 것을 이룩했는지 끊임없이 이야기하고자 한다.
• Being a wildly successful _____ politician, Maggie had little sympathy with the idea of helping others who hadn't gotten as far as she. "I pulled myself up by my own bootstraps ; why can't they?" she would say, staring out her limousine window at the wretched souls living in cardboard boxes on the street.
• Patty's self-esteem is so low that she can't even bring herself to say hello to people in passing, because she can't imagine why they would want to talk to her.
  self-esteem 자존심, 자신에 대한 평가
• Most Americans believe that certain rights, such as the right to speak freely, are self-evident.
  self-evident 는 다시 한번 지적할 필요도 없이 명백한 것
• The only time Valerie's self-possession ever breaks down is when someone in the audience yawns.
  self-possessed person 자신의 감정을 잘 다스릴 줄 아는 사람
• self-righteous person 은 신성한 체하며 잘난 체하고, 자신과 다른 것을 참지 못하며, 자신이 하는 것만 옳다고 믿는 독선적인 사람
• "It's a good thing some of us have proper respect for others' possessions," said Tiffany self-righteously after discovering that her roommate had wiped her nose with Kleenex that Tiffany had bought.
  "남의 물건에 대해서는 어느 정도 존중해줘야 모두에게 좋은 일이지." 같은 방을 쓰는 친구가 자신이 구입한 크리넥스로 코를 닦은 것을 안 티파니가 독선적으로 말했다.
• My self-satisfied sister announced to my mother that she had done a much better job of making her bed than I did.
  self-satisfied person 눈에 띨 정도로 자신에게 만족하고 있는 사람
• Sandra is a great self-starter. The second the professor gives a paper assignment, she rushes out to the library and checks out all the books she'll need. I'm not a good self-starter at all. I prefer to sit around watching TV until the day of the deadline, then ask the professor for an extension.
  self-starter 는 솔선해서 하는 것, 또는 작동을 하는 데 다른 것의 도움이 필요치 않다는 것