英语词汇“selfless”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

selfless

释义

selfless, a.|ˈsɛlflɪs|
[f. self n. + -less.]
1. Having no regard for or thought of self; not self-centred; unselfish.
1825Coleridge Aids Refl. 83 Holy instincts of maternal love detached and in selfless purity.1859Tennyson Vivien 293 They never mount As high as woman in her selfless mood.1894Ld. Wolseley Marlborough II. xci. 445 The noble, selfless word ‘duty’.
2. Not identifiable with a man's self. rare.
1853Pulsford tr. J. Müller's Chr. Doctr. Sin II. 49 Instead of the will being merely the self-less means for calling the natural individuality into activity.
Hence ˈselflessly adv., ˈselflessness.
1853Vaughan in Guardian 3 Jan. 18/2 That selflessness which God requires in His servant.1903Contemp. Rev. Mar. 411 A pious priest selflessly devoted to his church.1904Hibbert Jrnl. Oct. 122 With a worthy selflessness he throws himself into the life of the people.

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