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

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