soul-searching
英 [ˈsəʊl sɜːtʃɪŋ]
美 [ˈsoʊl sɜːrtʃɪŋ]
n. 反省; 内省
牛津词典
noun
- 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
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 自我剖析；深刻反省
Soul-searchingis 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.- 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。
- My year was really spent doing a lot of soul-searching and trying to find out what had gone wrong in my life.
英英释义
noun
- a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives