selflessness

英

美

n.  无私，忘我

BNC.39345 / COCA.25375

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无私的;忘我的
  If you say that someone isselfless, you approve of them because they care about other people more than themselves.
  1. She was a wonderful companion and her generosity to me was entirely selfless...
     她是一个极好的伴侣，她对我慷慨大方，一心只为我着想。
  2. Perhaps the only all-enduring and selfless love was that of a mother for her child.
     或许唯一持久无私的爱就是母爱。

英英释义

noun

• acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity
  Synonym:self-sacrifice
• the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  Synonym:altruism

双语例句

• In earnest, he developed a selflessness that dominated his whole life, but not without personal sacrifice.
  他坚定不移地培养了一种无私的精神，这种精神贯穿他的一生，从不考虑个人的得失。
• She was warmly praised for her selflessness [ devotion to work].
  她的大公无私[全心全意地工作]受到了热情的赞扬。
• All his selflessness and passion only won the family's cold response.
  他一直以来的无私和热诚换来的却是家人的冷漠与遗弃。
• Courage, selflessness and strength of will stand out all over the Gadfly.
  勇敢、无私和意志力在牛虻身上全都表现得很突出。
• The so-called selflessness essentially is selfishness in nature!
  你所谓的无私其实本质上还是私啊！
• On this holiday, we pause to celebrate the love and compassion of the women who have raised us, and to thank them for the many years of patience and selflessness.
  这个节日里，我们不是要赞扬那些养育了我们的母亲的爱和激情而是去感谢他们这么多年来的耐心和无私。
• It is the hallmark of angels that they have a sense of individuality as well as a high-degree of selflessness, which allows them to feel one with collective energies and be joyfully in their service.
  他们的标志是：既有个体性也具有高度的无私，那可以使他们觉察到自身与集体能量的联系，也能令他们有服务别人的快乐。
• You have shown true selflessness and bravery.
  你已经展示了无私和勇敢。
• And when we lose them – in a final act of selflessness and service – we know that they died so that their brothers and sisters, so that our nation, might live.
  当他们离我们整个世界而去的时候这是他们最后一次无私的奉献和服务我们知道他们用自己的死换来了他们的兄弟姐妹和我们国家的生。
• The death of the internet activist Aaron Swartz at the age of 26 has rightly evoked tributes to his creativity and selflessness.
  26岁的互联网活动家亚伦斯沃茨（AaronSwartz）去世，理所当然地唤起了人们对其创意和无私的赞颂。