self-denial

英 [ˌself dɪˈnaɪəl]

美 [ˌself dɪˈnaɪəl]

n.  克己; (宗教)弃绝自己

复数：self-denials　

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 克己；（宗教）弃绝自己
  the act of not having or doing the things you like, either because you do not have enough money, or for moral or religious reasons

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 自我剥夺;自我牺牲;克己忘我
  Self-denialis the habit of refusing to do or have things that you would like, either because you cannot afford them, or because you believe it is morally good for you not to do them or have them.
  1. Should motherhood necessarily mean sacrifice and self-denial?
     做母亲就一定要牺牲和忘我吗？
  2. ...an unprecedented act of self-denial.
     闻所未闻的克己行为

英英释义

noun

• renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
  Synonym:abnegationself-abnegationdenialself-renunciation
• the act of denying yourself
  Synonym:self-disciplineself-control
• the trait of practicing self discipline
  Synonym:self-discipline

双语例句

• A younger son, you know, must be inured to self-denial and dependence.
  你知道，一个小儿子可就不得不克制自己，仰仗别人。
• Far from being born in sin and condemned to find salvation only self-denial, we are basically good and happy beings, and can realize that fact by consciously believing it is true.
  我们远非生而有罪，被罚只有自我否定才能获拯，而我们本质上是善的和快乐的生命，并能通过有意识地相信这是真的而认识这一事实。
• Who knew, perhaps the party was rotten under the surface, its cult of strenuousness and self-denial simply a sham concealing iniquity.
  有谁晓得，没准儿在党道貌岸然的表面下充满了腐朽，它崇尚紧张自制，不过是掩饰骨子里的邪恶。
• He feared that they had never heard of necessity of self-denial and humility from any lips that could profit them.
  他估计，她们从来没有听到可能帮助她们的人说过，必须克己，必须谦让。
• Self-analysis is the behavior of wise man whereas self-denial is even the embodiment of decision;
  自我剖析，是智者所为；自我否定，更是英明决断的体现；
• Critical spirits is the soul of Marxist practice dialectics, the core of which is related to the nature of self-denial and self-surmounting in the human practice activities.
  批判精神是马克思主义实践辩证法的灵魂，其深层根基在于人类实践活动自我否定、我超越的本性。
• If austerity can be defined as self-denial and abstention from worldly pleasures, what a joyless bunch we have been, with all that cutting and scrimping.
  如果紧缩可被定义为自我克制及放弃世俗享乐，那么这些缩减及节省已使我们变成非常无趣的一群人。
• Self-denial is the core of servanthood.
  自我牺牲是仆人心志的核心。
• What a light is here for those who can bear or love the light: Self is the whole evil of fallen nature; self-denial is our capacity of being saved, humility is our Saviour.
  这里给我们看出几个何等重要的亮光，老我是堕落的天性，“舍己”使我们得救，“谦卑”地效法救主。
• The cause of disease is the internal reasons of body, the intrinsic relations of body, the physiological incline of self-denial and the result of interaction of body constitution.
  疾病的根本原因是机体的内在因素、内在关系、自我否定倾向，是机体各个结构相互作用的结果。不能用辨证的观点去理解机体的内在关系是现代医学的重大缺陷。