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他那次发作是他缺乏自制力的典型事例. That outburst was a typical example of his lack of self-control.
当今用手做东西,在许多国家已经成为很特殊--如此地特殊,以致赠送自制礼物有时被认为是不寻常的。 Making something by hand has become the exception in many countries today -- so much so that giving a homemade gift is sometimes considered extraordinary.
好多男人之(所以有)惊人的自制力,是由于他有老婆这一事实之故。 Many a man's wonderful self- control is due to the fact that he has a wife.
犬儒学派古代希腊哲学学派的成员,认为美德是唯一的善的东西,自制是唯一获得美德的方法 A member of a sect of ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue.