individualism

英 [ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəlɪzəm]

美 [ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəlɪzəm]

n.  个性; 独特的气质; 个人主义; 个人至上

TOEFLTEM8经济

BNC.10406 / COCA.10574

牛津词典

noun

• 个性；独特的气质
  the quality of being different from other people and doing things in your own way
• 个人主义；个人至上
  the belief that individual people in society should have the right to make their own decisions, etc., rather than be controlled by the government
  1. Capitalism stresses innovation, competition and individualism.
     资本主义强调的是创新、竞争和个人至上。

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 个性;特立独行
  You useindividualismto refer to the behaviour of someone who likes to think and do things in their own way, rather than imitating other people.
  1. He is struck by what he calls the individualism of American officers.
     他称其为美国军官的个性给他留下了很深的印象。
• N-UNCOUNT (国家对经济、政治的)不干涉主义，自由放任主义
  Individualismis the belief that economics and politics should not be controlled by the state.
  1. ...the strong individualism in their political culture.
     他们的政治文化中浓厚的个人自由主义

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being individual
  1. so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality
  Synonym:individualityindividuation
• the doctrine that government should not interfere in commercial affairs
  Synonym:laissez faire
• a belief in the importance of the individual and the virtue of self-reliance and personal independence

双语例句

• The ally of individualism culture and nationalism culture;
  个人主义文化与民族主义文化的联合；
• Political philosophies based on contract and individualism have a natural affinity with neoclassical economic models.
  基于契约论和个人主义的政治哲学与新古典主义经济模型有一种天然的亲缘关系。
• Individualism is weakly developed in folk cultures as are social classes.
  个人主义和社会阶层在民间文化群体中的发展十分薄弱。
• The romantic idealists also turned aside sharply from the individualism and humanism of eighteenth-century philosophy.
  浪漫唯心主义者们还突然背离了十八世纪哲学中的个人主义和人文主义。
• To many Americans the westward March illustrates a legacy of individualism.
  对许多美国人来说，向西部迁移是表现一种个人奋斗的遗风。
• In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.
  在当代西方社会，快速变化的时尚迎合了人们追求新奇和个性的需求。
• He is struck by what he calls the individualism of American officers.
  他称其为美国军官的个性给他留下了很深的印象。
• From the two aspects, this paper tries to conclude that Confucianism emphasizes ethic, while Daoism upholds individualism.
  本文从这两个方面加以论述，试图得出儒家注重社会伦理，道家崇尚个体人格的结论。
• Individualism, and the breakdown of social harmony, had a constructive purpose. But they also carried a price.
  个人主义以及社会和谐的崩溃具有一定的建设意义，然而这也是有代价的。
• It is the process from collectivism to individualism that the cultural transformation of modern times of china.
  我国近代以来的文化转型是由集体本位文化向个体本位文化转型的过程。