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词汇 self-abnegating
释义 self-abnegating
adjective
uk /ˌselfˈæb.nɪ.ɡeɪ.tɪŋ/ us /ˌselfˈæb.nə.ɡeɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
not allowing yourself to have what you like or want, often so that other people can have it:
She seems to be trying so hard not to impose her problems on others that she can seem self-abnegating.
He was a stingy and self-abnegating man who did not enjoy the wealth he made.
Related words
abnegate
self-abnegation
He charms as the self-abnegating narrator who can't resist inserting himself into the action.
The popular image of the secret agent is one of laconic, unflappable, and self-abnegating cool.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Refusing & rejecting
abjuration
abjure
abnegate
abnegation
bar
bat something/someone away
decline
disavow
gainsay
oppositional
opt
opt out
pass on
pass something up
punt on something
rebel
refuse
sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a bargepole/barge poleidiom
tear
would not do something for all the tea in Chinaidiom
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