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Introspection is the act of looking into your own mind. You stop and ask: What am I feeling? Why did I do that? What do I really want?
Introspection is the act of looking into your own mindIntrospection是往自己內心看的這個動作 You stop and ask你會停下來問自己 What am I feeling?「我現在有什麼感覺？」 Why did I do that?「我為什麼會那樣做？」 What do I really want?「我真正想要的是什麼？」
It is thinking about your thoughts, your feelings, and your behaviour — not about other people, and not about the outside world.
It is thinking about your thoughts, your feelings, and your behaviour它是在想自己的想法、感覺，和行為 not about other people不是在想別人 and not about the outside world也不是在想外面的世界
A quiet walk after an argument can turn into introspection. Keeping a diary can be a kind of introspection.
A quiet walk after an argument吵架之後一個人安靜地散步 can turn into introspection可能就會變成introspection Keeping a diary寫日記 can be a kind of introspection也可以算是一種introspection
Psychology uses this word a lot; in ordinary talk people more often say thinking about myself or looking inward. It is a calm, serious word, not a doctor's word, and not automatically sad — though people who are hurting often do more of it.
Psychology uses this word a lot心理學很常用這個字 in ordinary talk people more often say thinking about myself or looking inward平常說話大家比較常說「想自己的事」或「向內看」 It is a calm, serious word這是個冷靜、正式的字 not a doctor's word不是醫生用的字 and not automatically sad也不代表就是悲傷 though people who are hurting often do more of it不過心裡受傷的人常常會做得比較多
Though actually, too much introspection can become going round and round in your head; the word itself does not praise or blame the habit. It names the process, not the personality. A related personality word is , which is about where you get your energy, not about whether you examine yourself.
Though actually不過其實 too much introspection can become going round and round in your head太多introspection可能會變成在腦中不斷打轉 the word itself does not praise or blame the habit這個字本身不會去稱讚或責怪這個習慣 It names the process, not the personality它說的是這個過程，不是個性 A related personality word is introverted一個相關的個性詞是introverted（內向） which is about where you get your energy講的是你的能量從哪裡來 not about whether you examine yourself而不是你會不會檢視自己
組成From Latin: intro- (inward) + a piece from specere (to look) + -ion (the act of). So: the act of looking inward. By the look of the English, introspect + -ion.
同家族的字
- introspectivethe adjective: tending to look inward like this
- introspectivelythe adverb: in an introspective way
- inspectshares the 'look' piece: to look at something carefully, usually from outside
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
introspectionnoun/ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/
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human-sciencespsychologysciencesA looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.
- If Adam Wheeler gave it some thought, or if someone were to prompt him with the right questions, he could put words around the fact that his existence doesn't bring him any satisfaction. He would discover, on introspection, that he's nowhere close, actually, to "happy", and that there is something vast and significant missing from his life. But he doesn't give it any thought. There's a void between him and those questions.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。