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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

素 [sù]

1. adjective plain
2. adverb always

平素

usually
3. noun [蔬菜、瓜果等食物] vegetable

素食者

vegetarian
4. noun [有根本性质的] element

维生素

vitamin

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

素 [sù]

1. adjective white; unbleached and undyed

素幡

white streamers
2. adjective plain; simple; quiet

素色

plain colour
3. adjective native

素性

one's natural instincts; one's true disposition (or temperament)
4. noun vegetable

三荤一素

three meat dishes and one vegetable dish
5. noun basic element; element

色素

pigment
6. adverb usually; habitually; always

素不往来

have never had anything to do with each other

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

素 [sù]

1. 名 [文] 本色的、没有经过加工的丝织品

织素。
2. 形本色的；白色的

素服

素白。
3. 形色彩单纯的

素雅

素净

素淡。
4. 形原有的；未加修饰的

素质

素材

朴素。
5. 名构成某种事物的基本成分

元素

要素

维生素

因素。
6. 形平时的；一般的

素常

平素

素养。
7. 副一向；向来

四川素称天府之国

素不相识

素来。
8. 名指蔬菜、瓜果等没有荤腥的食物

吃素

荤素搭配。

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他我行我素，毫不在乎大家对他的看法。: He went his own way, and doesn't care what other people think.
她向来我行我素，不会因别人改变自己。: She always does things her own way and doesn't change for anyone.
年轻时他就我行我素，上了年纪愈加固执。: He was set in his ways when he was young, and as he got older he became increasingly stubborn.
素杂烩。
素无过往
The Swiss people are，in a true sense of the term，a law unto themselves.: 瑞士人，是一群真正意义上我行我素的人。
She was independent and had gone her own way.: 她非常独立，我行我素。
Despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead.: 他不顾报上的反对意见而我行我素。

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