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单词 altruistic
释义
altruistic
adjective
uk
/ˌæl.truˈɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌæl.truˈɪs.tɪk/
showingawishtohelporbringadvantagestoothers,evenif itresultsindisadvantagefor yourself:
利他的，无私心的
Idoubtwhether hermotivesfordonatingthemoneyare altruistic - she'sprobablylookingforpublicity.我怀疑她捐钱的动机是否出于无私——很可能是沽名钓誉罢了。
Synonym
selflessapproving
Opposites
egocentric
egoistic
self-centredUKdisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Generous & charitable
  • altruistically
  • anti-materialism
  • anti-materialist
  • beneficence
  • beneficent
  • charitable
  • generous
  • generously
  • giver
  • handout
  • humane
  • largesse
  • lavish
  • munificence
  • munificent
  • open-handed
  • overgenerosity
  • unsparing
  • unstinting
  • volunteerism
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altruistically
(Definition ofaltruisticfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofaltruistic

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Here,altruisticplayers always do better than selfish players if they are fullyaltruisticor if the game is symmetric.
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Every outcome is therefore rationalizable in the game withaltruisticplayers.
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Altruisticplayers in this region do not have dominant strategies; this introduces uncertainty over the other's strategy.
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Humans are typically not veryaltruisticin situations where theory cannot find any long-term net benefits.
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The patterns of those acts (patriotic, ethical,altruistic), perhaps supported during their formation by a scaffold of extrinsic reinforcement, must be highly valuable in themselves.
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This passage is somewhat confusing because it is not clear how one should understand the expression "altruisticact" appearing within it.
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It is easier to bealtruisticduring economically good times than during bad times.
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Higher persistence is associated with larger (absolute) tax elasticities, even if the model allows foraltruisticbequests.
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Acts that appearaltruisticmay turn out to serve self-interest indirectly when account is taken of side-effects (rewards and punishments), or delayed effects (reputation).
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But it is not possible to determine that a separate altruism mechanism exists by the absence of reinforcement (immediate or delayed) of particularaltruisticacts.
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The parent's donation is notaltruisticbecausealtruisticacts are not obligatory but optional, and they are motivated solely or primarily by other-regarding concerns.
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Another has been confidence that evolutionary theorists have available adequate explanations for the existence of apparentlyaltruisticbehavior.
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In a sense then,altruisticacts become more so, the more costly they are for the person performing them.
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The assertion that the same mechanism overcomes selfish motives by creatingaltruisticones is more tenuous.
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There are, in death and bereavement, many forms of coherent narratives that may be created that allow the mourner to become more active andaltruistic.
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