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

• What a light is here for those who can bear or love the light: Self is the whole evil of fallen nature; self-denial is our capacity of being saved, humility is our Saviour.
  这里给我们看出几个何等重要的亮光，老我是堕落的天性，“舍己”使我们得救，“谦卑”地效法救主。
• All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, and self-denial, and study.
  我们得到的一切幸福都是劳动、辛苦、自我克制和学习的成果。
• With true vigor, we will seek to cultivate a spirit of self-denial.
  我们要以诚实刚健为本，培养出战胜自我的精神。
• 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。
• 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。
• Should motherhood necessarily mean sacrifice and self-denial?
  做母亲就一定要牺牲和忘我吗？
• 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。
• The adoptees had feelings of self-denial and were mal-treated in adoptive families as nemesis because of her gender, which also inspired their unceasing efforts and good academic achievement;
  因为是女孩以及被说成是克星的送养原因，收养家庭生活中被不良地对待，导致被收养者对自我的否定，但同时也激发其不断努力及有良好的学业；
• 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。
• History records the suffering, the self-denial, the devotion, and the heroic deeds of people in the past.
  历史记载着人类的一切苦难、克己、忠诚和英勇的事迹。