When you are self-controlled, you can keep your feelings and what you do next in check, even when you are very angry, excited, scared, or hungry. The feeling is still there; you just do not let it drive the next move.

When當 you are self-controlled你能自我克制的時候， even when即使 you are very angry, excited, scared, or hungry你非常生氣、興奮、害怕或肚子餓， you你 your feelings都能把你的感覺 and what you do next和你下一步要做的事 can keep in check按得住。 The feeling那個感覺 is still there還在； you just只是你 do not let it不讓它 drive the next move主導下一步。

People praise a child as self-controlled for waiting their turn, and an adult for staying calm in a fight or not spending money the moment they have it. It is a describing word, a little formal — teachers, parents, and advice books like it — not street slang. You can use it for one moment (she stayed self-controlled on stage) or for a kind of person (he is very self-controlled).

People人們 a child for waiting their turn會因為小孩肯等輪到自己、 and an adult大人 for staying calm in a fight在爭執裡保持冷靜、 or not spending money the moment they have it或錢一到手不立刻花掉， praise as self-controlled而稱讚他們自制。 It它 is a describing word是個描述用的字， a little formal有一點正式—— teachers, parents, and advice books老師、父母和勵志書 like it都喜歡它—— not street slang不是街頭俚語。 You你 can use it可以用它 for one moment說某一個時刻 (she stayed self-controlled on stage她在台上一直保持住自制)， or for a kind of person也可以說某一種人 (he is very self-controlled他非常能自我克制)。

Though actually, it is not the same as having no feelings, and it is not the same as being controlled by a parent or a boss. The holding-back comes from you. Some people stretch it to mean cold or stiff, as if showing nothing were always a virtue; that is a stretch, and not always kind.

Though actually不過其實， it它 having no feelings跟沒有感覺 is not the same as不一樣， and it它也 being controlled by a parent or a boss跟被父母或老闆管住 is not the same as不一樣。 The holding-back那股按住自己的力量 comes from you是從你自己來的。 Some people有些人 stretch it to mean把它拉去指 cold or stiff冷淡或僵硬， as if好像 showing nothing什麼都不流露 were always a virtue永遠都是美德一樣； that那 is a stretch是拉過頭了， and not always kind而且不一定厚道。

The matching noun is self-control.

The matching noun相配的名詞 is self-control是 self-control。