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

• Conscientious coaches seek to impart lessons in teamwork, self-sacrifice, competition, gracious winning and losing.
  尽责的教练会寻觅办法让孩子们在团队精神、自我牺牲、竞争、平和地对待胜与败诸方面受到教育。
• 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-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.& George Benard Shaw, Man and Superman.
  自我牺牲能让我们牺牲别人，并且毫不脸红。
• The president saluted the courage and self-sacrifice of those who fought for their country.
  总统向那些为国战斗的人所表现出的勇气和自我牺牲精神表示了敬意。
• 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。
• 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。
• Self-sacrifice enables us to sacrifice other people without blushing.
  自我牺牲会使得我们面无愧色地去牺牲别人。
• Through self-denial, prayer, and helping others, we re-learn Jesus'way of self-sacrifice for others.
  透过舍弃自我，祈祷，和帮助他人，我们重新学习耶稣为人舍己的精神。
• At the moment of such a feeling of love, enthusiasm, and self-sacrifice, what are all our slights and squabbles?
  在充满爱心、欣悦和为国王献身之感的时刻，我们之间发生的口角和屈辱具有什么意义呢？！
• Despite its presence within all religious traditions, extreme self-sacrifice is by no means easy to explain.
  虽然在所有的宗教传统中都存在着极端的自我牺牲现象，但要对它加以解释却并非易事。