Self-sufficiency is the ability to get the things you need — food, money, a home, everyday help — without waiting for other people to give them to you. People use it about a farm that grows its own food, a country that makes its own goods, or a person who cooks, earns, and solves problems without leaning on family or the government. It is a noun, a little formal, and it is usually praise: we admire someone who can stand on their own.

Self-sufficiency自給自足 is the ability to get the things you need是指有能力取得自己需要的東西 — food, money, a home, everyday help像是食物、金錢、住處、日常的幫忙 — without waiting for other people to give them to you而不用等別人來給你. People use it about大家會用這個詞來形容 a farm that grows its own food一個自己種糧食的農場, a country that makes its own goods一個自己生產貨物的國家, or a person who cooks, earns, and solves problems without leaning on family or the government或是一個煮飯、賺錢、解決問題都不靠家人或政府的人. It is a noun這是個名詞, a little formal有點正式, and it is usually praise而且通常是稱讚: we admire someone who can stand on their own我們欣賞能夠自立的人.

Though actually, nobody is fully self-sufficient. We all use roads, shops, hospitals, and other people's work; the word often means "as independent as is practical", not "alone in the world".

Though actually不過其實, nobody is fully self-sufficient沒有人是完全自給自足的. We all use roads, shops, hospitals, and other people's work我們都在用道路、商店、醫院和別人的勞動成果; the word often means這個詞常常是指 "as independent as is practical"「在合理範圍內盡量獨立」, not "alone in the world"而不是「完全孤立於世界之外」.

The matching adjective is self-sufficient.

The matching adjective對應的形容詞 is self-sufficient是self-sufficient.