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selfless

/self-lis/US // ˈsɛlf lɪs //UK // (ˈsɛlflɪs) //

无私,无私的,无私奉献,舍己为人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having little or no concern for oneself, especially with regard to fame, position, money, etc.; unselfish.

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Examples

  • Not civic or selfless, but corrosive, destructive and illegal.

  • A “good” coach is selfless as a leader and puts the needs of others ahead of his own interests, while an “evil” coach is willing to actively harm others to get what he wants.

  • He represents the selfless service so many of our armed service members embody, and it’s one of the many reasons he’s put himself in a position to win on Election Day.

  • The selfless civic engagement we see this season is to be applauded, as fortifying democracy becomes the business of American business.

  • Officer Leath will be deeply missed for how selfless and caring she was, and Mayor Joe Hogsett ordered the city’s flags to be flown at half-staff in her honor.

  • Yet Lohse is confident that the reader will take his actions as the fruits of selfless moral courage.

  • “These medical workers are amazing, such selfless people,” he says.

  • We celebrate military heroes and selfless individuals who sacrifice their own lives for the good of others.

  • In fact, our devotion to those ideals has only been strengthened by the selfless heroism we have seen.

  • The letter closes with noble words of faith and hope from the hot zone where screw-ups are met each day with selfless courage.

  • He should have that oil of joy for his work, for his high, selfless purposes.

  • She appears as utterly selfless, as having devoted herself to the will of God as He shall manifest that will.

  • Thus our aims will have been pure and selfless; each one of us here will have risked all for the sake of an unknown.

  • There is in every country a number of people who are selfless followers of liberty and who desire to see every country free.

  • With my greater powers, poured through me for selfless ends by the God of All, I could use force and render him harmless.