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.
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。

英英释义

noun

a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives
Synonym:self-analysis

双语例句

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。
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。
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。
And when I did some serious soul-searching.
当我严肃地自我反省。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。