Self-fulfilling prophecy
[经] 自我实行的预测
🧩 词语组成解析
self
[self]
n. 自己;本人;本性;私利;
adj. 同一的;纯净的;单一的;
vt. 使自花授精;使近亲繁殖;
vi. 自花授精;
fulfilling
[ful'filiŋ]
adj. 使人满足的，令人愉快的;
v. 履行（诺言等）( fulfill的现在分词 );执行（命令等）;达到（目的）;使结束;满足( fulfil的现在分词 );执行;尽到;应验;
🗣️ 情景例句
It was for a good reason.
你今天早走是有原因的。
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
背后说人好话的够朋友。
There has long been a superstition among mariners that porpoises will save drowning men by pushing them to the surface, or protect them from sharks by surrounding them in defensive formation.
长期以来，海员中流传着一种迷信的说法，认为海豚会把快要淹死的人托到水面，救人性命；或在人们周围列队保护，使他们免遭鲨鱼伤害。