| 释义 | self-sacrificeˌself-ˈsacrifice noun [uncountable]    when you decide not to do or have something you want or need, in order to help someone else:As for self-sacrifice it was mostly incredible.But co-operation and self-sacrifice also exist, even at quite basic levels of conscious animal life.Heroism turns out to be a fraud, and so does romantic self-sacrifice.Perhaps sensibly, Mr Bush's campaign appeals more to enlightened self-interest than to self-sacrifice.She gained her grades through sheer hard work, determination and two years' self-sacrifice.Suffering, anguish, and self-sacrifice are the order of the day.They didn't work for the Labour Party, which failed to persuade the voters of the value of self-sacrifice.To do so took enormous courage and self-sacrifice, intelligence and skill.
 several years of hard work and self-sacrifice—self-sacrificing adjective |