他干的太差劲了，我只好亲自重做。 He did the work so badly that I had to do it all over again myself.
自己不自重，又怎能受到别人尊重呢？ If you don't respect yourself, how can you expect others to respect you?
他们虽穷但很自重，他们从不向人借钱或求助。 They are poor but proud; they never borrow money or ask for help.
亚洲人民在战争中找到了机会，得以摆脱殖民主义的枷锁，而且现在有更多的新的契机摆在他们面前：政治独立带来的以前从未感受过的尊严和自重。 The peoples of Asia found their opportunity in the war just passed to throw off the shackles of colonialism, and now see the dawn of new opportunity: an heretofore unfelt dignity and the self-respect of political freedom.