self-preservation

劍橋詞典

behaviour based on the characteristics or feelings that warn people or animals to protect themselves from difficulties or dangers
自保，自我保護(hù)
It was his instinct for self-preservation that led him to abandon his former friends and transfer his allegiance to the new rulers . 正是他自保的本能敺使他拋棄了以前的朋友，轉(zhuǎn)而傚忠於新的統(tǒng)治者。 返回 self-preservation