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单词 selfless
释义
selfless
adjective
approving
uk
/ˈself.ləs/us
/ˈself.ləs/
caringmore for what otherpeopleneed andwantratherthan for what you yourself need andwant:
无私的
selflessdevotiontoduty对职责的无私奉献
Synonym
altruistic
Opposite
egoistic
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
a kind person
  • kindYou'll never meet a kinder person.
  • niceHe's such a nice guy.
  • sweetShe's the sweetest little girl in the whole class.
  • good toJay's mother has been very good to us.
  • good-heartedHe's a good-hearted kid who loves to help out.
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Virtue and moral good
  • altruism
  • angel
  • angelic
  • angelically
  • be as pure as the driven snowidiom
  • justifiably
  • justified
  • loftiness
  • lofty
  • magnanimity
  • rightfully
  • rightly
  • rightness
  • saintly
  • the road to hell is paved with good intentionsidiom
  • upright
  • virtuous
  • virtuously
  • white hat
  • worthiness
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selflessly
selflessness
(Definition ofselflessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

selfless| American Dictionary

selfless
adjective
us
/ˈself·ləs/
caringmore about other people’sneedsandintereststhan aboutyourown:
She’s a selflesspersonwho isdeeplyconcernedaboutsocialjustice.
(Definition ofselflessfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofselfless

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The portrait he paints is of an ambitious man, but one whose personal and public ambitions were shaped byselflessgoals.
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Most citizen advocates did not then become advocates from a sense of altruism or some general,selflessconcern for the welfare of more vulnerable others.
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For considered purely as such, being isselflessand completely immersed in itself.
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It is not clear, however, that random assignment would promoteselflessvalues in physicians any more than a one-sided draft does in professional football.
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He was a very paternal, totallyselflessand altruistic person.
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The story repeats itself years later when the spider is inadvertently set loose; another act ofselflesscourage is needed to seal it up again.
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The aunt may be theselflessunrewarded doer of good.
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Is there no difference between two men who commit the same offence one guided by selfish motive and other by aselflessone?
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These were not theselflessactions of a naturally humble man.
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How can it be thought of then as aselflessact, which, of course, is at the heart of what we consider altruism?
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Random assignment would disrupt important interests for more than a few residents, and this disruption could easily undermineselflessanticompetitive attitudes.
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An educated, popular, and loved person, he is portrayed as aselflesscharacter.
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Uniquely human : the evolution of speech, thought, andselflessbehavior.
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It is difficult to criticise this book given itsselflessapproach, but the life stories can be rather self-indulgent and can sound insincere.
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Despite their apparent opposition, the social and personal motives of the 15 participants were two sides of a coin, just as ' generativity ' itself springs from bothselflessand selfish desires.
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