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Self-reliance is being able to do things and decide things yourself, without leaning on other people's help or advice. It is the noun for that independent way of living.
Self-reliance自立 is就是 being able to do things and decide things yourself能自己做事、自己做決定 without leaning on other people's help or advice不依賴別人的幫助或建議。It它 is是 the noun for that independent way of living指那種獨立生活方式的名詞
Parents, schools, and politicians praise it: cook for yourself, fix the chair, make up your own mind. In American English it is almost a moral word — there is a famous essay with this title — and it can sound as if needing nobody were the highest good.
Parents, schools, and politicians父母、學校、政治人物 praise it稱讚這個特質: cook for yourself自己煮飯, fix the chair自己修椅子, make up your own mind自己拿主意。In American English在美式英語裡 it is almost a moral word它幾乎是個道德詞 — there is a famous essay with this title有一篇同名的知名文章 — and it can sound as if needing nobody were the highest good聽起來好像什麼都不需要別人才是最高美德
Though actually, healthy self-reliance is not the same as refusing every hand. A person can still ask for help; they are not helpless when the help is late.
Though actually不過其實, healthy self-reliance健康的自立 is not the same as refusing every hand跟拒絕所有幫助不一樣。A self-reliant person自立的人 can still ask for help還是可以求助; they are not helpless when the help is late幫助遲來時他們也不會束手無策
Do not mix it up with selfish. Selfish is grabbing for yourself. Self-reliance is standing on your own feet.
Do not mix it up with selfish不要跟 selfish（自私）搞混。Selfish自私 is grabbing for yourself是為自己搶東西。Self-reliance自立 is standing on your own feet是靠自己的雙腳站穩
組成self- (yourself, from Old English self) + reliance (the act of depending on someone or something). From self- + reliance.
同家族的字
- relyto depend on someone or something
- self-reliantthe adjective: a self-reliant person has this quality
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-reliancenoun
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The capacity to rely on one's own capabilities, and to manage one's own affairs; independence.
- Loss of self-reliance leads to loss of self-confidence.
- The present sorrow always exceeds its predecessors—not so the present joy; comparison exaggerates the one, while it diminishes the other; and people talk of their youth as if it had not been a period of feverish sensitiveness, awkward embarrassments, many heart-burnings, and an utter want of that self-reliance which alone can ensure content.
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。