| 词汇 | selflessness |
| 释义 | selflessness noun[ U ] approvinguk /ˈself.ləs.nəs/ us /ˈself.ləs.nəs/ the quality of caring more about what other people need and want than about what you yourself need and want: 无私 I am touched by the bravery and selflessness of our emergency services personnel.我被紧急服务人员的勇敢和无私精神所感动。 In addition to her remarkable selflessness, she has also inspired others to get involved. 除了她非凡的无私奉献精神外，她还激励其他人参与其中。 See selfless His courage and selflessness gave us the strength to cope. She had such dignity and selflessness. He was a man with the heart of a lion and a soul filled with compassion and selflessness. Virtue and moral good altruism angel angelic angelically be as pure as the driven snowidiom justifiable justifiably justified loftiness lofty rightly rightness saintly self-forgetful the road to hell is paved with good intentionsidiom upstanding virtuous virtuously white hat wholesomely Examples of selflessnessselflessness It is not clear, however, that this process would achieve that selflessness or that it would last for any time beyond the residency. In place of the pure intellect, the need of the hour was faith of which another name was selflessness. Her mission, as she defines it, is to restore selflessness, love and compassion to their rightful place in the modern world. Just like selflessness is not a virtue (but modesty and temperance are), self-interest is not virtuous either (but courage and prudence are). The diamonds are then framed as just recompense for their selflessness in pursuing this lost brother. Any reflective linguistic attempt at understanding defeats the prospect of achieving the selflessness that is sought. Here, a candidate is likely to be found in selfinterest or self-centeredness, or however one wants to label the opposite of selflessness. Looked at dispassionately, selfishness and selflessness seem to be in a steady state. Domestically insulated from these pressures to achieve, women were called upon to become paragons of passive innocence, repositories of the complementary values of selflessness, docility, and unchanging goodness. The state-supported ideology of the moral virtue of pension sharing and of the ' natural ' selflessness of old-age pensioners dominates much of the public discourse on older people. It may be useful to contemplate whether the selflessness and altruism which underpins the promotion of organ donation might not similarly be achievable for health services research. I admit that selflessness is a rare quality in our modern society, which is too often out for grabs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard a great deal lately about firefighters' sense of public service, public spiritedness, selflessness, bravery, and brotherhood and sisterhood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps from this threat and from this appalling suffering a better spirit of selflessness and patriotism may arise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty and leadership. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of selflessness 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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