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词汇 self-abnegation
释义 self-abnegation
noun[ U ]
uk /ˌself.æb.nɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ us /ˌself.æb.nəˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the act or habit of not allowing yourself to have what you like or want, often so that other people can have it :
He seemed to believe that he could be purified through self-abnegation.
This soulful portrait of grief, self-abnegation, and recovery seemed to appeal particularly to women.
Related words
abnegation
self-abnegating
Led by a desire for self-abnegation, he became a monk.
If you have in mind a career in politics, then maybe there are limits to self-abnegation.
Their self-abnegation has always had a whiff of hypocrisy about it.
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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