If something is self-explanatory, you can understand it without extra help. The thing itself is clear enough.

If something is self-explanatory如果一個東西是self-explanatory you can understand it without extra help你不需要額外的幫助就能看懂它 The thing itself is clear enough這個東西本身就已經夠清楚了

Signs, diagrams, and simple instructions are the usual examples: a picture of a man and a woman on toilet doors is self-explanatory. People use this word at school and at work, a little more in writing than in street talk.

Signs, diagrams, and simple instructions are the usual examples標誌、圖表和簡單的說明是常見的例子 a picture of a man and a woman on toilet doors is self-explanatory廁所門上畫的男生和女生圖案就是self-explanatory（一看就懂） People use this word at school and at work這個字在學校和職場都會用到 a little more in writing than in street talk用在書面上又比日常口語裡稍微多一點

Though actually, calling something self-explanatory is often one person's judgment. What is obvious to the writer may not be obvious to you — and when a teacher or a boss says "it's self-explanatory," it can land as "you should not have asked." The word is almost always about things, not people.

Though actually不過其實 calling something self-explanatory is often one person's judgment說某樣東西self-explanatory常常只是一個人自己的判斷 What is obvious to the writer對寫的人來說很明顯的事 may not be obvious to you對你來說不一定明顯 and when a teacher or a boss says "it's self-explanatory,"而當老師或老闆說「it's self-explanatory」（這一看就懂）時 it can land as "you should not have asked."聽起來可能會變成「你根本不該問這個問題」 The word is almost always about things, not people這個字幾乎都是用在事物上，不是用在人身上

We do not usually call a person self-explanatory.

We do not usually call a person self-explanatory我們通常不會說一個人是self-explanatory