self-sacrifice

英 [ˌself ˈsækrɪfaɪs]

美 [ˌself ˈsækrɪfaɪs]

n.  自我牺牲

牛津词典

noun

• 自我牺牲
  the act of not allowing yourself to have or do sth in order to help other people
  1. the courage and self-sacrifice of those who fought in the war
     投身战争的人的勇气和自我牺牲精神

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 自我牺牲
  Self-sacrificeis the giving up of what you want so that other people can have what they need or want.
  1. I thanked my parents for all their self-sacrifice on my behalf.
     我感谢父母为我做出的所有自我牺牲。

英英释义

noun

• acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
  Synonym:selflessness

双语例句

• People say this is a selfish society, but frankly I've seen too much kindness, self-sacrifice and generosity to believe that.
  人们说这是个自私的社会，但是坦白地说，我看到过太多的仁慈、自我牺牲和慷慨，因而不会轻信这一观点。
• As women, not only are our brains wired for "giving," we are socialized into relationship patterns of self-sacrifice and self-silence.
  对于女性来说，不但”给与“有天生的成分，而且在社会化的过程中形成了”自我牺牲“和”保持沉默“的关系规律。
• Under Hardy's pen, the heroine Tess is created as an attractive and warm-hearted pure woman, who has the quality of endurance and self-sacrifice.
  在哈代的笔下，女主人公苔丝被塑造成了一个漂亮并且十分热心的纯洁女人，它具有坚韧的耐力自我牺牲的品格。
• Self-development is a higher duty than self-sacrifice.
  自我发展是比自我牺牲更高的责任。
• They argued for a new morality based on self-sacrifice and honesty.
  他们大力宣扬一个以自我牺牲和诚实为基础的新道德。
• Believing that this purpose could be achieved only through an appeal to the emotions of love and self-sacrifice, Comte developed what he called the religion of Humanity.
  他相信这个目标可以只通过对爱和自我奉献的感情的呼吁来实现，所以就发展了他所谓的人性博爱的宗教。
• Perhaps the first thing any cynic will note about these pledges is that they are devoid of any self-sacrifice.
  对于这些捐赠，或许任何愤世嫉俗者首先注意到的是，它们没有包括任何自我牺牲。
• As governments in Greece and Italy have just discovered, voters who judge their politicians incapable of managing the country will never agree to self-sacrifice and austerity.
  正如希腊和意大利政府刚刚发现的那样，认为他们的从政者没有能力管理国家的选民，是永远不会同意自我牺牲和紧缩计划的。
• Marriage takes some kind of sacrifice, not dreadful self-sacrifice of the soul, but some level of compromise.
  婚姻需要作出某种牺牲，并非可怕的精神上的自我牺牲，而是某种程度的妥协。
• The value of self-sacrifice puts the benefit of the group above that of the individual.
  自我牺牲的价值观将群体的利益置于个人利益之上。