单词 | self-sacrificing |
释义 | self-sacrificingn. The action or an act of sacrificing oneself; esp. the surrendering of one's own interests or wishes in order to help others or to advance a cause; an instance of this. 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 1621 R. Jenison Height Israels Idolatrie iii. 14 This selfe-sacrificing is witnessed by diuers, and as Linschoten affirmeth, is still in vse. 1647 T. Matthew Missive of Consol. Introd. sig. A7 This holy order of self-sacrificing and offering up all our temporall distresses to Gods pleasure. 1843 W. A. Scott Duty of Praying for Our Rulers 13 O Scotland.., the self-sacrificings and sufferings of thy people, shall come up for an ever-lasting memorial for thee before the Lord of hosts. 1880 Age-temptation Amer. Christians vii. 97 The empty self-sacrificings of a morbid and self-righteous asceticism. 1910 Ames (Iowa) Intelligencer 20 Jan. 6/4 Our participation with our Lord Jesus in suffering for righteousness, in self-denials, self-sacrificings of the same character as those endured by the Master. 1975 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 11 Dec. (Inside Football section) 4/2 The San Francisco 49er tight end finally had to be helped from the field. That courageous performance ranks with such recent 49er self-sacrificings as Rosey Taylor's being knocked out three times against Green Bay in 1970. 2013 B. Mayer in Intergenerational Relations ii. x. 173 This self-sacrificing..can be seen as a form of unconditional emotional support given to the partner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). self-sacrificingadj. Characterized by or practising self-sacrifice. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [adjective] > self-sacrificing devotive1608 self-devoted1630 self-givinga1631 self-sacrificing1654 self-devoting1668 self-surrendering1668 self-devotional1837 self-sacrificial1842 sacrificial1890 society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [adjective] > self-sacrificing self-sacrificing1654 self-surrendering1668 self-sacrificial1842 1654 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia: 2nd Pt. iv. 61 The multitude which passed both before and after him, in this self-sacrificing order, were to honour and praise him in their sufferances. 1817 T. Moore Paradise & Peri in Lalla Rookh (ed. 2) 149 That precious sigh Of pure, self-sacrificing love. 1897 W. E. Gladstone E. Crisis 14 In the midst of a high and self-sacrificing enthusiasm, the Greek Government and people have shown good sense. 1919 M. Beer Hist. Brit. Socialism I. ii. v. 162 He could be their self-sacrificing father and teacher, their authoritative adviser and leader, but never the primus inter pares. 1953 Encounter Nov. 31/2 The unfulfilled urge ‘to belong’ may lead to ‘political oversexedness’, expressing itself in blind, self-sacrificing devotion to some unholy cause. 2004 New Yorker 2 Aug. 61/1 To give a kidney was a self-sacrificing self-dramatizing act. Derivatives self-ˈsacrificingly adv. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [adverb] > with self-sacrifice self-sacrificingly1839 society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [adverb] > self-sacrificingly self-sacrificingly1839 1839 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Aug. 167 She labored on faithfully, self-sacrificingly in her toilsome occupation. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point xix. 334 ‘Aren't you happy?’ asked Miss Fulkes,..self-sacrificingly determined that the child should show himself wild with joy to see his parents. 2003 Sight & Sound Dec. 57/1 Joan Crawford in Humoresque (1946), marching self-sacrificingly into the sea in full evening dress. self-ˈsacrificingness n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > unselfishness > [noun] > willingness to sacrifice oneself self-sacrificingness1869 society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > kinds of sacrifice > [noun] > of self > condition of being self-sacrificing self-sacrificingness1869 1869 Brit. Controversialist 3rd Ser. 351 Even his enemies learned to appreciate..the self-sacrificingness of his disposition. 1918 R. H. Newton Catholicity ii. 66 Hebrew story gives an infinitely pathetic picture of the great emancipator's self-sacrificingness. 1993 J. Annas Morality of Happiness (1995) x. 225 There is no distinct value in self-sacrificingness, nor is it thought to be desirable for an agent to be so disposed as regularly to put the interests of others before her own. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1621adj.1654 |
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