| 词汇 | public-spirited |
| 释义 | public-spirited adjective approvinguk /ˌpʌb.lɪkˈspɪr.ɪ.tɪd/ us /ˌpʌb.lɪkˈspɪr.ə.t̬ɪd/ wanting to help people generally: 热心公益的;助人为乐的 You pick litter up in the park? That's very public-spirited of you!你在公园里拾垃圾？你真有公益精神！ Generous & charitable altruistic altruistically anti-materialism anti-materialist beneficence eleemosynary generosity generous generously giver largesse munificence munificent munificently open-handed super-sweet unsparing unsparingly unstinted unstinting Examples of public-spiritedpublic-spirited This is not to deny that people may have duties to vote, and to vote for public-spirited, rather than selfish reasons. A range of motives can be expected to operate within the system, ranging from self-preservation/security to more benign and public-spirited ones. Such a situation can therefore occur even if everyone has altruistic or public-spirited preferences. That is, supporters suppose that the election of their candidate would be better for society, not just for themselves, and may well prefer their candidate for this public-spirited reason. The conclusion follows not because each partisan is selfish, but because each partisan correctly reasons that her marginal impact on the outcome each prefers from a public-spirited standpoint is negligible. We could select, if not the ablest and the most conscientious and public-spirited, at least those who are more able and more conscientious and more public-spirited than average. People are not attracted to making deals by receiving compensation for sacrifices: they like to feel public-spirited, and take that sentiment to be a large part of their reward. On the other hand, it also held out an alternative vision of an active, manly, and public-spirited citizenry, whose citizenship consisted both of political participation and civilian defence. Many are public-spirited, intelligent and experienced people who volunteer for the task. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does he agree that this is a public-spirited duty, and will he do all he can to encourage people to join this excellent force? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So there are a little over 600 altogether and a great many splendid public-spirited voluntary helpers who go along and help at those centres. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are still many public-spirited people who do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In one case a distinguished public-spirited member resigned from a management committee when he discovered the facts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The people we are aiming at are not public-spirited people but people who get spirited in the public house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say those people are far less worthy to sit upon these advisory bodies than an honest, public-spirited brewer or publican. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of public-spirited These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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