Self-respect is the quiet feeling that you are a person worth treating well — by yourself and by other people. If you have it, you care about your character, your abilities, and what you believe, and you do not happily do things that would make you ashamed of yourself later. People say “have some self-respect” when they think you are letting others walk over you.

Self-respect is Self-respect 是 the quiet feeling一種安靜的感覺： you are a person worth treating well你是一個值得被好好對待的人—— by yourself and by other people被你自己，也被別人。 If you have it如果你有它， you care about你會在乎 your character, your abilities, and what you believe自己的品格、自己的能力、自己相信的事， and you do not happily do也不會爽快地去做 things that would make you ashamed of yourself later那些之後會讓你為自己感到羞愧的事。 when they think當大家覺得 you are letting others walk over you你讓別人踩到你頭上的時候， People say就會說： "have some self-respect"有點自尊吧。

Though actually, it is not the same as being proud or showing off. Pride can be loud; self-respect is more like a line you will not cross.

Though actually不過其實， it is not the same as它不等於 being proud or showing off驕傲或愛現。 Pride can be loud驕傲可以很大聲； self-respect is more like self-respect 比較像 a line you will not cross一條你不會跨過去的線。

It is an ordinary noun, not slang and not stuffy, and we treat it as a thing you can have, keep, or lose.

It is an ordinary noun它是個平常的名詞， not slang and not stuffy不是俚語、也不老派拘謹， and we treat it as我們把它當成 a thing you can have, keep, or lose一樣你可以擁有、保住、或失去的東西。