词汇 | altruistic |
释义 | altruistic adjective uk /ˌæl.truˈɪs.tɪk/ us /ˌæl.truˈɪs.tɪk/ showing a wish to help or bring advantages to others, even if it results in disadvantage for yourself: 利他的,无私心的 I doubt whether her motives for donating the money are altruistic - she's probably looking for publicity.我怀疑她捐钱的动机是否出于无私——很可能是沽名钓誉罢了。 Synonym selflessapproving Opposites egocentric egoistic self-centredUKdisapproving Generous & charitable altruistically anti-materialism anti-materialist beneficence beneficent generosity generous generously giver handout munificence munificent munificently open-handed open-handedly super-sweet unsparing unsparingly unstinted unstinting Related wordaltruistically Examples of altruisticaltruistic Here, altruistic players always do better than selfish players if they are fully altruistic or if the game is symmetric. Every outcome is therefore rationalizable in the game with altruistic players. Altruistic players in this region do not have dominant strategies; this introduces uncertainty over the other's strategy. Humans are typically not very altruistic in situations where theory cannot find any long-term net benefits. The patterns of those acts (patriotic, ethical, altruistic), perhaps supported during their formation by a scaffold of extrinsic reinforcement, must be highly valuable in themselves. This passage is somewhat confusing because it is not clear how one should understand the expression "altruistic act" appearing within it. It is easier to be altruistic during economically good times than during bad times. Higher persistence is associated with larger (absolute) tax elasticities, even if the model allows for altruistic bequests. Acts that appear altruistic may turn out to serve self-interest indirectly when account is taken of side-effects (rewards and punishments), or delayed effects (reputation). But it is not possible to determine that a separate altruism mechanism exists by the absence of reinforcement (immediate or delayed) of particular altruistic acts. The parent's donation is not altruistic because altruistic acts are not obligatory but optional, and they are motivated solely or primarily by other-regarding concerns. Another has been confidence that evolutionary theorists have available adequate explanations for the existence of apparently altruistic behavior. In a sense then, altruistic acts become more so, the more costly they are for the person performing them. The assertion that the same mechanism overcomes selfish motives by creating altruistic ones is more tenuous. There are, in death and bereavement, many forms of coherent narratives that may be created that allow the mourner to become more active and altruistic. 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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