soul-searching

noun

1. 反省；内省
   the careful examination of your thoughts and feelings, for example in order to reach the correct decision or solution to sth

1. N-UNCOUNT 自我剖析；深刻反省
   Soul-searching is a long and careful examination of your thoughts and feelings, especially when you are trying to make a difficult moral decision or thinking about something that has gone wrong.
   1. My year was really spent doing a lot of soul-searching and trying to find out what had gone wrong in my life.
      这一年来，我真的进行了许多深刻的反思，努力地找出自己的生活中到底哪里出了问题。

1. My year was really spent doing a lot of soul-searching and trying to find out what had gone wrong in my life.
   这一年来，我真的进行了许多深刻的反思，努力地找出自己的生活中到底哪里出了问题。
2. Apart from its ritual function of saying farewell to college life, a graduation trip now also serves as a form of escapism and soul-searching for graduates.
   除了作为告别大学生活的仪式外，如今的毕业旅行也成了毕业生逃离现实追寻自我的途径之一。
3. A couple of years ago, John did a bit of soul-searching in his travels, but now he's got a kid and is more of a homebody.
   几年前旅行的时候，约翰还进行一些自我反省。但现在有了孩子后，他完全是个宅男了。
4. Five years ago, I was going through some serious soul-searching. I was just back in the States after living abroad.
   五年前，我一直在认真进行自我反思。当时我正从国外回来，对于前途非常迷茫。
5. In fact, encounters with others will produce real soul-searching.
   事实上，和别人的交往会给你带来深思。
6. This isn't the first time that China has done some soul-searching about familial love last year China Daily asked a cross-section of people if they said 'I love you' to their parents, spouses, and children.
   这不是中国第一次做关于亲情方面的自省去年《中国日报》就各个阶层的人进行了采访，询问他们是否对父母、爱人和孩子说过我爱你。
7. Put your time and energy into travel, philosophy, and soul-searching.
   将你的时间与精力放在旅行，哲学，和反省中。
8. After much consideration and soul-searching, Michael and I have arrived at the decision to divorce due to 'Irreconcilable Differences,' she wrote at the time.
   经过再三的考虑和挣扎之后，由于无法协调的差异我和Michael做出了离婚一个艰难的决定，她说。
9. Sometimes the conversation might be a lot of give and take, advice and speculation, soul-searching and puzzle-solving, but sometimes you just need to be a giant ear for an hour.
   有时候我们的对话是为了交换意见，提出建议和思考，为了解决难题而深思熟虑，但有时候你只需要暂时扮演一只大耳朵。
10. But sources close to the prince said he had reached a 'natural crossroads' in his career and, after much soul-searching, had decided he had no desire to 'progress through the ranks'.
    但是与王子亲近的人说，他已经在事业上达到了一个自然的十字路口，经过深思熟虑后，决定不想在军队中继续发展。
11. After the handover in 1997, Hong Kong was soul-searching because the perception was that it would become marginalised in Greater China, she says.
    1997年回归后，香港进行了深刻的反思，因为当时有人觉得香港将在大中华区被边缘化，她表示。
12. Moments of great tragedy often elicit national soul-searching.
    重大悲剧常常引起全国性的反思。
13. There has been some self-examination and soul-searching within the economics profession since the onset of the financial crisis.
    自金融危机爆发以来，经济学界内部进行了一些自我审查和反省。
14. She had not planned to work in the non-profit world, but a period of soul-searching changed her mind.
    她之前并未打算涉足非盈利性行业，但一段时间的内省改变了她的想法。
15. Peter Tufano, a Harvard finance professor, says the case study method and its role in developing arrogant 'students was one of the concerns raised by faculty as Harvard began its months of soul-searching.
    哈佛商学院金融学教授彼得图法诺（PeterTufano）表示，随着哈佛开始为期数月的自我反思，个案研究法及其在制造傲慢'学员中的作用，成为教员们关心的问题之一。
16. Status Offline Today, under Kegan and Lahey's guidance, our group begins to engage in some supervised soul-searching.
    如今，在Kegan和Lahey的指导下，我们这个小组开始了指导下的心灵探索。
17. After days of soul-searching he finally came to the decision to leave home.
    他经过几天的反躬自问，最终决定离家而去。
18. This is not the first time China has engaged in television-inspired soul-searching.
    这不是中国第一次采用电视节目来鼓励思想探索。
19. The complaint was about the ordinary telephone, television and even back gardens, which, in the 20th century, provoked the sort of soul-searching we are seeing today.
    这番抱怨针对的是寻常的电话、电视机乃至后花园，在20世纪，这些事物激起了与我们今日一样的反思。
20. And when I did some serious soul-searching.
    当我严肃地自我反省。
21. After many hours of soul-searching, he decided to admit his guilt.
    反思了好多小时后，他决定承认自己的罪行。
22. It seemed as if each of us had been hiding our soul-searching from the other.
    我们两人似乎一直都拒绝与对方进行心灵的沟通。
23. After much soul-searching I decided to break off my engagement.
    经过长时间的自我反省后，我决定解除我的婚约。
24. And I was soul-searching, I was like, why is she suddenly gone, and there are fleas here?
    我搜肠刮肚的想，她怎么能突然没了呢，跳蚤们却还在这儿。
25. It took a lot of learning and a lot of honest soul-searching, but I began to realize what was really important and I turned the ship around.
    我坐了许多调查和虔诚的领悟，但是我发现我发现了什么才是我真正重要的并且为之奋斗。
26. I do not regard my own confusion as an indictment of modern macroeconomics, but I am struck by the soul-searching that has gripped the profession in the face of the economic crisis.
    我不会把自己的困惑当作对现代宏观经济学的指控，但这门学科在面对经济危机之际所突显的自省，令我惊叹不已。
27. As the progress comes to a close, at the end of over a year of dedication, experimentation, and soul-searching, we believe that we've achieved that which we were challenged to realize.
    当过程临近尾声，在一年多的投入、尝试与深思之后，我们相信我们已经完成了挑战。
28. There have been some changes in young men's mindsets in searching for love, which may run counter to traditional soul-searching ideas.
    年轻男子在寻找爱情上的心态也，这与传统的反思想法相违背。
29. These mistakes have led to some soul-searching in the profession.
    这些失误已在行内引发了一些深刻反省。

noun

1. a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives

   Synonym:    self-analysis