self-help

n [U] use of one's own efforts, resources, etc to achieve things, without the help of others 自助; 自立: Self-help is an important element in therapy for the handicapped. 伤残人士在治疗中, 自助自立是个重要因素. * [attrib 作定语] a self-help group 自助小组.

self-control, self-controlled, self-defeating, self-defence, self-denial, self-denying, self-determination, self-directed, self-discipline, self-discovery, self-dispraise, self-drive, self-educated, self-effacement, self-effacing, self-employed, self-employment, self-esteem, self-evident, self-explanatory, self-image, self-importance, self-important, self-imposed, self-improvement, self-indulgence, self-indulgent, self-interest, self-locking, self-made, self-opinionated, self-pity, self-portrait, self-possessed, self-possession, self-praise, self-preservation, self-raising flour, self-reliance, self-reliant,