| 单词 | self-devotedness |
| 释义 | > as lemmasself-deˈvotedness self-deˈvotedness n. [compare earlier self-devoting n., self-devotion n.] ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [noun] > willingness to sacrifice oneself > self-sacrifice self-sacrifice1535 self-devotion1612 self-sacrificing1621 self-devoting1668 self-giving1668 self-devotement1780 self-devotedness1793 1793 T. R. Bentley Let. to Rt. Hon. Charles James Fox 39 An extreme ardour and energy in the cause for which they are engaged, a self-devotedness in its favour. 1823 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 477/1 Heroic self-devotedness and true Christian martyrdom. 1930 Irish Monthly May 241 As an act of self-devotedness to a cause, it far surpasses the much-belauded exploit of Cortes in ordering his ships to be burnt after his landing at Vera Cruz. < as lemmas |
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