单词 | self-abnegating |
释义 | self-abnegating (once / 166470 pages) adj WORD FAMILY abnegating: self-abnegating+/abnegate: abnegated, abnegates, abnegating, abnegation/abnegation: abnegations, self-abnegation USAGE EXAMPLESNot for me, the lucky beneficiary of my mother’s quixotic and self-abnegating striving, but for my perpetually impoverished parents. The New Yorker(Nov 27, 2016) If Obama wants to be in the game, the time for temperate, modest, and self-abnegating wonks is next vacancy, not this one. Slate(Feb 26, 2016) What if Hancock’s only looks grandiose by comparison with the self-abnegating autographs of his fellow continental congressmen? Slate(Jul 03, 2015) adj used especially of behavior Syn renunciant, renunciative, self-denying nonindulgent, strict characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint |
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