self-preservation meaning in English
n.
自我保存，自卫本能。
Examples
- At times a flick of self-preservation burned through the fog of reverie .
有时求生本能的火花也会在梦幻的浓雾中突然闪烁一下。 - All the rules of self-preservation were broken when we saw that little face .
一看见那张小脸，我们就把明哲保身的金科玉律统统打破了。 - The instinct of self-preservation warned him to batten down his hatches, to smother the fire with want of air .
自卫的本能警告他用木条把仓门钉好，把火头闷熄，不要闯出大祸来。