Self-awareness is the noun: knowing and understanding what you yourself are like — your habits, your feelings as they happen, your strong points, your weak ones, and the effect you have on other people. It is uncountable, so you say 'a lot of self-awareness' or 'a lack of self-awareness', not 'a self-awareness'.

Self-awarenessself-awareness is the noun是名詞: knowing and understanding what you yourself are like指了解並認識自己是什麼樣的人 — your habits你的習慣, your feelings as they happen你當下的感受, your strong points你的優點, your weak ones你的缺點, and the effect you have on other people以及你對別人造成的影響。It is uncountable這是不可數名詞, so you say 'a lot of self-awareness' or 'a lack of self-awareness'所以會說「self-awareness很多」或「缺乏self-awareness」, not 'a self-awareness'而不會說「一個self-awareness」。

The word lives in two places. In everyday talk about people, it is a quality you praise: 'She has real self-awareness — she knows how she sounds when she's tired.' In psychology and in schools it is a skill people can learn and practise, often listed next to things like empathy and self-control.

The word lives in two places這個字用在兩個地方。In everyday talk about people在日常談論一個人時, it is a quality you praise它是一種被稱讚的特質: 'She has real self-awareness — she knows how she sounds when she's tired.'她真的很有自我覺察——知道自己累的時候聽起來是什麼樣子。In psychology and in schools在心理學和學校教育裡, it is a skill people can learn and practise它是一項可以學習和練習的技能, often listed next to things like empathy and self-control常常和同理心、自我控制放在一起提到。

English also uses it in a dry, funny way in the negative: 'the complete lack of self-awareness' of someone who complains that other people talk too much.

English also uses it in a dry, funny way in the negative英語也會用否定的說法帶點冷幽默地使用它: 'the complete lack of self-awareness'完全沒有自知之明 of someone who complains that other people talk too much用來說那種抱怨別人講太多話的人。

It is a fairly formal word, more written than spoken; in ordinary conversation people often just say 'he knows himself well' or 'she knows what she's like'.

It is a fairly formal word這是個相當正式的詞, more written than spoken書面用得比口語多; in ordinary conversation在一般對話裡, people often just say 'he knows himself well' or 'she knows what she's like'人們常常只是說「他很了解自己」或「她知道自己是什麼樣的人」。