ADJ 地道的,典型的(一类人) You can use self-respecting with a noun describing a particular type of person to indicate that something is typical of, or necessary for, that type of person.
He died as any self-respecting gangster should — in a hail of bullets... 他死于乱枪之下——匪徒典型的最终下场。
No self-respecting gourmet would travel in France without the Michelin red guide. 任何地道的美食家游览法国时都会带着一本红皮的《米其林指南》。
His lechery made him the enemy of every self-respecting husband and father in the county. 他的好色放浪使他成为全县所有自尊自重的丈夫和父亲的公敌。
He died as any self-respecting gangster should — in a hail of bullets 他死于乱枪之下——匪徒典型的最终下场。
When the Javanese kings first immigrated here in the sixteenth century, they essentially established a feudal colony, with a strict caste system which like all self-respecting caste systems tended not to trouble itself with consideration for those at the bottom. 爪哇诸王在16世纪首先移居此地,基本上建立了一个封建殖民地,采取严格的种姓制度就像每一种骄傲的种姓制度往往不屑于考量底层阶级。
Email and social networks do a more efficient job, and including a Christmas newsletter or family photograph ( I do both) will earn you only scorn from any self-respecting British snob. 电子邮件和社交网络比圣诞卡更有效,如果你在圣诞卡里加上圣诞简报或者家人照片(我两个都加),只会让任何自命不凡的英国人对你投来白眼。
Any self-respecting person will rise against unjust treatment. 任何有自尊的人都会起来反抗不公正的待遇。
No self-respecting oil major has let a position in the tar sands pass by. 任何有自尊的石油巨头过去都回避进入到油砂开采行业中。
No self-respecting surgeon, nurse, anesthesiologist or technician would ever dream of breaching those sterile protocols in the surgical suites. 这里的外科医生、护士、麻醉师和技术人员没有人可以想象会允许任何人打破这个(无菌操作)规矩。
Like any self-respecting super-hero, the Incredible Popeman has a battery of special equipment. 就像其他自尊的超级英雄一样,神奇的教皇大侠也有一整套特殊装备,除了黄色斗篷和绿色操守裤以外,他还持一根“信念手杖”,其顶部有个十字架。
What self-respecting student wouldn't protest? 这怎么能不让有自尊的学生反抗呢?
Gold shines during crises, as any self-respecting gold bug will tell you. 任何有自尊的黄金爱好者都会告诉你,黄金会在危机中闪光。
Now, what self-respecting lawyer or doctor would drive this thing now? 现在哪个有个性的律师或者医生会驾驶这种车?
No self-respecting programmer wants to deliver sub-par code; 任何一个有自尊的程序员都不愿意提交不合格的代码;
Mary has no idea how to bring up her children to be independent and self-respecting; she waits on them hand and foot. 玛丽不知道如何教育她的孩子独立自尊。凡事都是她自己替他们做了。
No self-respecting doctor would refuse to treat a sick person. 凡是有自尊心的医生都不会对病人置之不顾的。
No, he thought, no self-respecting man would do that! 范博文觉得那就是太不把自己当一个人!
Sabrina: No self-respecting waitress would take it. 有自尊的女服务生不会接受。
She is a self-respecting person; 她是一个自尊自重的人;
He's a very self-respecting man! 他是个非常自尊的人!
No self-respecting carpenter would treat wood in this way. 没有哪个有自尊心的木匠会这样对待木头。
Self-respecting CEOs now change their vehicles almost as often as drug dealers and are also aping the hustler's taste in bling-and in lawlessness. 自视甚高的CEO们如今几乎就和毒品贩子一样频繁地更换汽车,还模仿他们嗜好贵重珠宝和目无法纪的作风。
Traditionally, any self-respecting man could have been expected to fork out at least a month's salary to buy his beloved an engagement ring. 一般来说,任何一个有自尊的男士大概都愿意拿出至少一个月的薪水给自己心爱的人买个订婚戒指。
No self-respecting lawyer would offer less. 自重的律师都会开这个价。
"You are sure you mean self-respecting, not self-adoring?" “你说的肯定是自尊心,不是自我陶醉吗?”
No self-respecting world traveler would leave out traveling via the ships of the desert. 没有自我尊重世界的旅行者将离开都是透过沙漠的船旅行。
Dependent and weak as they were in a male-dominated society, they were of modern awareness, being rebellious, independent and self-respecting. 她们妥协于男权社会,表现为依赖,柔弱,但她们又是一群具有现代进步意识的女性,表现为反叛,要求人格独立,强烈自尊并无声反抗。
What self-respecting drug dealer cuts his cocaine with potassium cyanide? 哪种自信的药贩子会用氰化钾来切可卡因呢?
Would not a ringfence be a power any self-respecting banking Union would want to usurp? 试问一个有尊严的银行业联盟不会想着把圈护的权力攥在手中吗?
Be not deceived gentle reader, not self-respecting writer cares a two-penny damn for you. 别受骗,高雅的读者,任何一个有尊严的作家都不会关心你那区区两便士。
Their refusal to defer to humans like other domestic animals, which seemed wickedly insubordinate in earlier centuries, is now taken as evidence of self-respecting independence. 猫与其它家养动物不同的与人类保持距离的个性,从前被认为是邪恶和不服从,但现在已被广泛作为独立和自尊的象征。
No self-respecting guests immediately accept whatever may be offered to them in someone's home. 在别人家里,任何一个有自尊心的客人都不会立刻接受主人给的礼物。