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单词 selflessness
释义
selflessness
noun[U]
approving
uk
/ˈself.ləs.nəs/us
/ˈself.ləs.nəs/
thequalityofcaringmore about what otherpeopleneed andwantthan about what you yourself need andwant:
无私
I amtouchedby thebraveryand selflessness ofouremergencyservicespersonnel.我被紧急服务人员的勇敢和无私精神所感动。
Inadditionto herremarkableselflessness, she has alsoinspiredothersto getinvolved.除了她非凡的无私奉献精神外，她还激励其他人参与其中。
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  • Hiscourageand selflessness gave us thestrengthtocope.
  • She had suchdignityand selflessness.
  • He was a man with theheartof alionand asoulfilledwithcompassionand selflessness.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Virtue and moral good
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  • 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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(Definition ofselflessnessfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofselflessness

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It is not clear, however, that this process would achieve thatselflessnessor that it would last for any time beyond the residency.
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In place of the pure intellect, the need of the hour was faith of which another name wasselflessness.
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Her mission, as she defines it, is to restoreselflessness, love and compassion to their rightful place in the modern world.
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Just likeselflessnessis not a virtue (but modesty and temperance are), self-interest is not virtuous either (but courage and prudence are).
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The diamonds are then framed as just recompense for theirselflessnessin pursuing this lost brother.
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Any reflective linguistic attempt at understanding defeats the prospect of achieving theselflessnessthat is sought.
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Here, a candidate is likely to be found in selfinterest or self-centeredness, or however one wants to label the opposite ofselflessness.
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Looked at dispassionately, selfishness andselflessnessseem to be in a steady state.
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Domestically insulated from these pressures to achieve, women were called upon to become paragons of passive innocence, repositories of the complementary values ofselflessness, docility, and unchanging goodness.
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The state-supported ideology of the moral virtue of pension sharing and of the ' natural 'selflessnessof old-age pensioners dominates much of the public discourse on older people.
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It may be useful to contemplate whether theselflessnessand altruism which underpins the promotion of organ donation might not similarly be achievable for health services research.
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I admit thatselflessnessis a rare quality in our modern society, which is too often out for grabs.
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We have heard a great deal lately about firefighters' sense of public service, public spiritedness,selflessness, bravery, and brotherhood and sisterhood.
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Perhaps from this threat and from this appalling suffering a better spirit ofselflessnessand patriotism may arise.
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They areselflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership.
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