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单词 self-denial
释义
self-denialˌself-deˈnial noun [uncountable] Examples
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  • Brocklehurst visits the school to lecture the students on self-denial and the horrors of the lusts of the flesh.
  • But in our society the self-denial of which we speak has a moral dimension which is not strongly recognised in all civilisations.
  • By these standards, the monks' self-denial seems tame.
  • For the exceptional practitioner of self-denial a special prize is in store.
  • Second, to remove the standard dessert from the menu would penalise all those people who derive pleasure from conspicuous self-denial.
  • She had always shown patience and self-denial when it came to the matter of other people's inventions.
  • There is the self-denial of the musician who devotes all her time and energy to mastering her musical instrument.
  • Virginity, voluntary poverty, and self-denial had long been admired.
when you do not do or have the things you enjoy, for moral or religious reasonsself-denying adjective
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