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单词 selfless
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selfless

(selfləs)
adjective
If you say that someone is selfless, you approve of them because they care about other people more than themselves.
[approval]
She was a wonderful companion and her generosity to me was entirely selfless.
...the selfless love of a mother for her child.
Synonyms: unselfish, generous, altruistic, self-sacrificing More Synonyms of selfless
selflessly adverb
I've never known anyone who cared so selflessly about children.
selflessness uncountable noun
I have enormous regard for his selflessness on behalf of his fellow man.

selfless in British English

(ˈsɛlflɪs)
adjective
having little concern for one's own interests
Derived forms
selflessly (ˈselflessly)
adverb
selflessness (ˈselflessness)
noun

selfless in American English

(ˈsɛlflɪs)
adjective
1. 
devoted to others' welfare or interests and not one's own; unselfish; altruistic
2. 
showing or prompted by unselfishness or altruism; self-sacrificing
a selfless act
Derived forms
selflessly (ˈselflessly)
adverb
selflessness (ˈselflessness)
noun

Examples of 'selfless' in a sentence
selfless

He also won great respect for his selfless service of victims of two plague epidemics.
Martin Manser COLLINS DICTIONARY OF SAINTS (2004)
You cannot suddenly engender selfless commitment when you go on operations.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
There is a no more selfless act a soldier can perform.
The Sun (2007)
This act of selfless commitment from one so young should be a shining example to the nation.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The path to righteousness is paved with selfless acts.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Her life has been shaped by selfless commitment to others.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was an act of selfless bravery.
The Sun (2012)
No miracles attach to him, his was not a life spent in selfless devotion to others.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It is not just selfless concern, of course.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The Bible shows it at its best as selfless love in the marital relationship.
Christianity Today (2000)
The second Elizabethan era has been a quite astonishing display of selfless service to her people.
The Sun (2012)
Sometimes this is an entirely selfless effort, as in the many cases of academies supporting nearby failing schools.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A truly enriching relationship provides life-enhancing opportunities to give and share through selfless love.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Of course, it's not entirely selfless.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)

In other languages
selfless

British English: selfless ADJECTIVE
If you say that someone is selfless, you approve of them because they care about other people more than themselves.
She was a wonderful companion and her generosity to me was entirely selfless.
  • American English: selfless
  • Brazilian Portuguese: altruísta
  • Chinese: 无私的
  • European Spanish: desinteresado
  • French: désintéressé
  • German: selbstlos
  • Italian: altruista
  • Japanese: 無私無欲の
  • Korean: 이타적인
  • European Portuguese: altruísta
  • Latin American Spanish: desinteresado

Chinese translation of 'selfless'

selfless

(ˈsɛlflɪs)

adj

  1. [person, act, behaviour] 无(無)私的 (wúsī de)
(adjective) 
Definition
putting other people's interests before one's own
Her generosity was entirely selfless.
Synonyms
unselfish
As a player he was unselfish, a true team man.
generous
He was not generous enough to congratulate his successor.
altruistic
motives that are not entirely altruistic
self-sacrificing
magnanimous
He was a man capable of magnanimous gestures.
self-denying
ungrudging

Additional synonyms

in the sense of altruistic
motives that are not entirely altruistic
Synonyms
selfless,
generous,
humanitarian,
charitable,
benevolent,
considerate,
self-sacrificing,
philanthropic,
unselfish,
public-spirited
in the sense of generous
Definition
free from pettiness in character and mind
He was not generous enough to congratulate his successor.
Synonyms
magnanimous,
kind,
noble,
benevolent,
good,
big,
high-minded,
unselfish,
big-hearted,
ungrudging
in the sense of magnanimous
Definition
generous and forgiving, esp. towards a defeated enemy
He was a man capable of magnanimous gestures.
Synonyms
generous,
kind,
noble,
selfless,
big,
free,
kindly,
handsome,
charitable,
high-minded,
bountiful,
unselfish,
open-handed,
big-hearted,
unstinting,
beneficent,
great-hearted,
munificent,
ungrudging

Nearby words of
selfless

  • self-willed
  • selfish
  • selfishness
  • selfless
  • sell
  • sell out
  • sell out of something

Synonyms of 'selfless'

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