self-denying

基本解释

• adj.忘我的；自我犧牲的

同根派生

英汉例句

雙語例句

• They belong to an older, more self-denying generation.
  他們屬於更加尅己的上一代人。
• Perhaps worrying aloud about global trade has its uses, focusing enough attention on the dangers of protectionism to become a self-denying prophecy.
  或許表達出對全球貿易的擔憂是有用的，可以讓人們將足夠的注意力集中於保護主義的風險，使其成爲自我否定的預言。
• What instances must pass before them of ardent, disinterested, self-denying attachment, of heroism, fortitude, patience, resignation: of all the conflicts and all the sacrifices that ennoble us most.
  她們一定見到不少熱情無私、自我尅制的事例， 英勇不屈、堅靭不拔和順從天命的事例，以及使我們變得無比崇高的奮鬭精神和獻身行爲。

權威例句

• The entire movie cries out that exalted, self-denying spirituality, however noble, is less sane than everyday love and sex and the full adoration of the sensuous world.
  NEWYORKER: The Last Station
• At three hours, the drama, about the mismatch between a tormented, self-denying pastor (Samuel Froler) and a coddled bourgeois woman (Pernilla August), is one prolonged, unrevealing study in frustration.
  NEWYORKER: The Best Intentions
• Mr Jones gives his readers all the information, but, perhaps because of his self-denying ordinance mentioned above, does not spell out his own conclusions, and the book just stops.
  ECONOMIST: French history: A drama, not a balance sheet

词组短语

短語

• self -denying communication style 自我尅制型信息交流作風
• Self -denying and self-surpassing 否定與超越自我

英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• A self-denying person gives up what they want so that other people can have it, or because they feel it is morally right for them to give it up.

柯林斯英英字典

• Someone who is self-denying refuses to do or have things that they would like, either because they cannot afford them, or because they believe it is morally good for them not to do them or have them.