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If a statement or belief about the future is self-fulfilling, it becomes true because people expected it and then behaved in a way that made it happen. The set phrase you will meet again and again is self-fulfilling prophecy.
If a statement or belief about the future is self-fulfilling如果一個對未來的陳述或信念是self-fulfilling(自我實現)的, it becomes true它就會成真 because people expected it是因為人們預期它會發生 and then behaved in a way that made it happen然後行為就照著讓它真的發生了. The set phrase you will meet again and again你會一再遇到的固定用法 is self-fulfilling prophecy是self-fulfilling prophecy(自我實現的預言)
A teacher who treats a class as "the weak group" may get weak work back — not because the future was fixed, but because the belief changed how everyone acted. This is a fairly formal word, from psychology and the news more than from the night market.
A teacher who treats a class as "the weak group"一個把班級當成「弱的那組」對待的老師 may get weak work back可能真的收到比較差的表現 — not because the future was fixed不是因為未來早就注定, but because the belief changed how everyone acted而是因為這個信念改變了每個人的行為. This is a fairly formal word這是個相當正式的字, from psychology and the news more than from the night market比較常出現在心理學和新聞裡，而不是夜市閒聊裡
Though actually, people sometimes wave it at any guess that later comes true, and that misses the point: the belief has to help cause the result. Fulfilling here does not mean "making you feel happy or satisfied." It means "making the prediction come true." American spelling is fulfill; British is fulfil; the adjective is self-fulfilling either way.
Though actually不過其實, people sometimes wave it at any guess that later comes true人們有時候會把它套在任何後來成真的猜測上, and that misses the point但這樣就搞錯重點了: the belief has to help cause the result這個信念必須是造成結果的原因之一才算. Fulfilling here does not mean "making you feel happy or satisfied."這裡的fulfilling不是「讓你感到開心滿足」的意思 It means "making the prediction come true."而是「讓預言成真」的意思 American spelling is fulfill; British is fulfil美式拼法是fulfill，英式是fulfil; the adjective is self-fulfilling either way但形容詞不管哪種都是self-fulfilling
組成From self- + fulfilling. self- is the old English piece for "oneself" (Old English self). fulfilling here means "making something come true," not "feeling full."
同家族的字
- fulfilthe British spelling of the verb inside it
- fulfillthe American spelling of the same verb
- fulfillingthe second half of this word
原始詞典資料1 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。
self-fulfillingadj
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Describing a prediction that causes itself to occur as predicted.
- The prediction of poor turnout for the event was self-fulfilling: once people heard the turnout would be bad, they didn't come.
- Whether or not we believe in astrology is irrelevant; the question is, did the Magdalenians? If so, then in a self-fulfilling prophecy they may have been organizing their lives according to a religious belief system, and not simply an economic or ecological one.
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。