individualism
英 [ɪndɪ'vɪdjʊ(ə)lɪz(ə)m]
美[,ɪndɪ'vɪdʒuəlɪzəm]
- n. 个人主义；利己主义；个人特征
词态变化
复数: individualisms;形容词: individualistic;
中文词源
individualism 个人主义，个性
来自individual,个人，-ism,主义，思想。即个人主义，引申词义个性。
英文词源
- individualism (n.)
- "self-centered feeling," 1827, from individual + -ism. As a social philosophy (opposed to communism and socialism) first attested 1851 in writings of J.S. Mill.
A majority can never replace the individual. ... Just as a hundred fools do not make one wise man, a heroic decision is not likely to come from a hundred cowards. [Adolf Hitler, "Mein Kampf," 1933]
双语例句
- 1. He is struck by what he calls the individualism of American officers.
- 他称其为美国军官的个性给他留下了很深的印象。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Rugged individualism forged America'sfrontier society.
- 坚定的个人主义造就了美国的边疆社会。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Capitalism stresses innovation, competition and individualism.
- 资本主义强调的是创新、竞争和个人至上。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.
- 在当代西方社会，快速变化的时尚迎合了人们追求新奇和个性的需求。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Individualism has been the secret ingredient in developing his chain of fashion stores.
- 讲求个性化是他发展时装连锁店的一大秘诀.
来自《简明英汉词典》