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

• Self-denial is the core of servanthood.
  自我牺牲是仆人心志的核心。
• In former times the artist also practiced self-denial, but he sacrificed his ego only for the glory of God.
  以前艺术家也做过自我否定，但是他牺牲自我只是为了尊重上帝。
• One dependent on alms for support. The selfish person must grow in self-denial before people will trust.
  依靠救济金者，接受施舍的人自私的人必须学会舍己，别人才会信任。
• I hate those acts of righteous self-denial that people do just so they can brag about them: health cleanses, bow hunting, reclaiming your virginity.
  我恨那些自己跟自己过不去的正义行为。不管是大搞卫生、用弓箭狩猎还是重守贞节，人们做这些事，其实都只不过是为了让他们日后可以自我吹嘘而已。
• There is a period of penance, fasting, self-denial, and repentance.
  有一个赎罪、斋戒、自制与忏悔的阶段。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She practiced self-denial in order to provide for her family's needs.
  为了家人的需要，她克制着自己。