self-help

self-help — 名詞

1. The activity of improving your own life, skills, or habits through your own effo

1.名詞B1
釋義

自助

不靠他人，自己改善生活或解決問題

The activity of improving your own life, skills, or habits through your own efforts rather than by getting help from a professional, such as a doctor or counsellor.

例句

Sora read several self-help books to overcome his fear of public speaking.

Sora 為了克服公開演講的恐懼，讀了好幾本自我成長的書籍。

collocation: self-help books

The library's self-help section was filled with people looking for advice on anxiety and relationships.

圖書館的自我成長專區擠滿了想找焦慮與人際關係建議的人。

collocation: self-help section

同義詞
  • self-improvement

    broader term that can include any effort to become better, not only problem-solving

  • self-reliance

    focuses on not depending on others, rather than on the process of improving

  • personal development

    more formal; often used in workplace or educational contexts

反義詞

文法句型

self-help book / self-help group / self-help movement

practise self-help / turn to self-help

用法筆記

Often used as a modifier before nouns such as 'book', 'group', 'movement', or 'technique' — even though it is grammatically a noun, the compound form is common enough to be treated as a fixed phrase.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a self-help from the store.
✅I bought a self-help book from the store.
💡'self-help' is an uncountable concept, not a countable object.

self-help — 形容詞