self-preservation TEM8

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  N-UNCOUNT Self-preservation is the action of keeping yourself safe or alive in a dangerous situation, often without thinking about what you are doing. 自我保护

  例：

  The police have the same human urge for self-preservation as the rest of us.

  警察和我们其他人一样，都有自我保护的人类本能。