The act of affirming can be analysed from four points of view, each focusing on a specific mode of self-object relationship.

肯定化行为可以从四个视角来分析，每个视角聚集于一种自体-客体关系模式。

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The process can usefully be thought of in terms of the gradual emergence of two somewhat separate features: the self as a subject, and the self as an object.

这一过程会逐渐形成两种稍有不同的特征：主体自我和客体自我。

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This second step in the development of a full sense of self is what James called the "self-as-object".

发展完整自我意识的第二步就是詹姆斯所说的“自我即客体”。

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What will be lost, or at least diminished, is the sense of a book as a finished and complete object, a self-contained work of art.

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Electrostatic self-assembly, however, coats every exposed surface of an object, and does it at room temperature.

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Personal drive in this case is about self-control, the will and determination to master emotions, to turn away from the object of temptation.

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