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

• Marriage takes some kind of sacrifice, not dreadful self-sacrifice of the soul, but some level of compromise.
  婚姻需要作出某种牺牲，并非可怕的精神上的自我牺牲，而是某种程度的妥协。
• This is a time when insights and breakthroughs are possible in self-sacrifice and giving in on what is not important.
  这是见识和突破很可能存于在自我奉献中和在不重要的事情上做出让步的一个时期。
• Believing that this purpose could be achieved only through an appeal to the emotions of love and self-sacrifice, Comte developed what he called the religion of Humanity.
  他相信这个目标可以只通过对爱和自我奉献的感情的呼吁来实现，所以就发展了他所谓的人性博爱的宗教。
• People say this is a selfish society, but frankly I've seen too much kindness, self-sacrifice and generosity to believe that.
  人们说这是个自私的社会，但是坦白地说，我看到过太多的仁慈、自我牺牲和慷慨，因而不会轻信这一观点。
• It is one of the most popular, magical and flawless films of all time-focused on the themes of lost love, honor and duty, self-sacrifice and romance within a chaotic world.
  作为史上最受欢迎，完美无缺，魔幻般的影片之一，卡萨布兰卡讲述了乱世之中爱情的迷失，荣誉、责任与自我牺牲以及罗曼史。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was endowed with the spirit of self-sacrifice.
  他富有自我牺牲精神。
• Perhaps the first thing any cynic will note about these pledges is that they are devoid of any self-sacrifice.
  对于这些捐赠，或许任何愤世嫉俗者首先注意到的是，它们没有包括任何自我牺牲。
• A nuclear power plant, on top of being a high-tech organization, should also have the genes of "warrior" to define its social significance of existence and the value of self-sacrifice.
  核电企业除了是一个高技术组织，它还必须有勇士组织的基因，定义自己生存的社会意义和牺牲价值。