self-denial

英 [ˌself dɪˈnaɪəl]

美 [ˌself dɪˈnaɪəl]

n.  克己; (宗教)弃绝自己

复数：self-denials　

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 克己；（宗教）弃绝自己
  the act of not having or doing the things you like, either because you do not have enough money, or for moral or religious reasons

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 自我剥夺;自我牺牲;克己忘我
  Self-denialis the habit of refusing to do or have things that you would like, either because you cannot afford them, or because you believe it is morally good for you not to do them or have them.
  1. Should motherhood necessarily mean sacrifice and self-denial?
     做母亲就一定要牺牲和忘我吗？
  2. ...an unprecedented act of self-denial.
     闻所未闻的克己行为

英英释义

noun

• renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
  Synonym:abnegationself-abnegationdenialself-renunciation
• the act of denying yourself
  Synonym:self-disciplineself-control
• the trait of practicing self discipline
  Synonym:self-discipline

双语例句

• I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.
  我想穷人的真正悲剧在于他们除了自我克制外，什么也拿不出。
• I felt sure that his self-denial, as he handed me the last chocolate, was prompted less by selflessness than by a fear of getting fat.
  当他递给我最后一块巧克力的时候，我敢肯定他的克己行为与其说出于无私还不如说是害怕发胖。
• A younger son, you know, must be inured to self-denial and dependence.
  你知道，一个小儿子可就不得不克制自己，仰仗别人。
• In former times the artist also practiced self-denial, but he sacrificed his ego only for the glory of God.
  以前艺术家也做过自我否定，但是他牺牲自我只是为了尊重上帝。
• Far from being born in sin and condemned to find salvation only self-denial, we are basically good and happy beings, and can realize that fact by consciously believing it is true.
  我们远非生而有罪，被罚只有自我否定才能获拯，而我们本质上是善的和快乐的生命，并能通过有意识地相信这是真的而认识这一事实。
• She practiced self-denial in order to provide for her family's needs.
  为了家人的需要，她克制着自己。
• Who knew, perhaps the party was rotten under the surface, its cult of strenuousness and self-denial simply a sham concealing iniquity.
  有谁晓得，没准儿在党道貌岸然的表面下充满了腐朽，它崇尚紧张自制，不过是掩饰骨子里的邪恶。
• But such willpower and self-denial is rare-sad cases like the Rockefellers and Hiltons are more common.
  但这种意志力和克己精神已属罕见&像洛克菲勒家族（Rockefellers）和希尔顿家族（Hiltons）那样令人遗憾的案例更为普遍。
• If austerity can be defined as self-denial and abstention from worldly pleasures, what a joyless bunch we have been, with all that cutting and scrimping.
  如果紧缩可被定义为自我克制及放弃世俗享乐，那么这些缩减及节省已使我们变成非常无趣的一群人。
• Critical spirits is the soul of Marxist practice dialectics, the core of which is related to the nature of self-denial and self-surmounting in the human practice activities.
  批判精神是马克思主义实践辩证法的灵魂，其深层根基在于人类实践活动自我否定、我超越的本性。