自认

A man is well or woe as he thinks himself so.

自认祸是祸,自认福是福。

Her husband is a self-confessed alcoholic.

她的丈夫自认是个酒徒。

An avowed urbanist, Mr.Berggruen started investing in projects aimed at reviving decaying inner cities.

伯格鲁恩先生自认是一位城规划专家，他开始投资旨在重振渐趋没落的内陆城的项目。

"Ligeia", which Poe thought his best grotesque story, is now, for most readers, a jumble of morbid self-pity, diabolism, and gimcrack Gothicism.

波自认《莉盖娅》是他怪诞小说中的上品，现在大部读者认为不过是病态自怜，魔鬼附身，浮华怪诞的大杂烩而已。