“self、fulfilling”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

self-fulfilling

释义

self-fulˈfilling, ppl. a. orig. Social Sci.
[self- 1 f.]
In phr. self-fulfilling prophecy: a prophecy or prediction which gives rise to actions that bring about its fulfilment (see quot. 1949).
1949R. K. Merton Soc. Theory & Soc. Structure vii. 181 The self-fulfilling prophecy is, in the beginning, a false definition of the situation evoking a new behavior which makes the originally false conception come true.1962Blake & Mouton in M. Sherif Intergroup Rel. v. 113 Another dynamic, the self-fulfilling prophecy, also operates to cause one to misplace motivation.1973Times 7 Dec. 18/8 Panic buying of spirits..caused largely by forecasts of the shortage—a self-fulfilling prophecy.1979D. Gurr Troika ix. 60 ‘Wonderful..to meet again. Didn't I tell you that we should? Vodka!’.. ‘A self-fulfilling prophecy, Alexey Ilyich.’

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