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selfless

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++self·less /ˈselfləs/ adjective  SELFISH#caring about other people more than about yourself – used to show approval 忘我的,无私的〔含褒义〕 selfless devotion to their work 他们对工作的无私奉献selflessly adverbselflessness noun [uncountable]
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selflessIt was a genuinely selfless act, which I recount only because at the time it seemed so incredible.The new clergy houses were of a quite different, selfless and holy Gothic architecture.But let us not forget that he gave his life in an act of selfless devotion to the race.King Vessantara, being selfless, gave the elephant away without a second thought.She is selfless in religious commitment, yet delights in displaying herself in print as a spiritual heroine.Her instants of selfless love, so focused upon me, are balm for my abraded ego.They appealed to the selfless moral and ethical standards we like to believe we possess.Are you selfless, or sensitive?We must remember the selfless sacrifice of our soldiers.The idea of the selfless, self-sacrificing mother is not one that appeals to most women these days.He dedicated his entire life to selfless service to his country.
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selfless
selfless /ˈselfləs/ adjective
caring about other people more than about yourself – used to show approval:
    selfless devotion to their work
—selflessly adverb
—selflessness noun [uncountable]


self·lessBrE /ˈselfləs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈselfləs/ 🔊 adjectivethinking more about the needs, happiness, etc. of other people than about your own 无私的a life of selfless service to the community无私服务于社会的一生 OPP selfish self·less·ly BrE /ˈselfləsli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈselfləsli/ 🔊 adverb self·less·ness BrE /ˈselfləsnəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈselfləsnəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]