单词 | self-denying |
释义 | self-denying (once / 6916 pages) adj WORD FAMILY denying: self-denying+/deniable: undeniable/denial: denials, self-denial/denier: deniers/deny: deniable, denial, denied, denier, denies, denying, denys/undeniable: undeniablest, undeniably USAGE EXAMPLESThe self-denying earnestness of Washington style—the cobalt blue ladies’ suits, the baggy menswear—has lost all resonance. Slate(Apr 16, 2015) It turned its questing, groping, self-denying outlook into its very form. New York Times(Feb 20, 2015) Nicola Sturgeon speculates upon the events which might provoke the SNP to break their self-denying ordinance and vote in the Commons on matters affecting England. BBC(Jan 21, 2015) 1adj willing to deprive yourself Syn self-giving, self-sacrificing unselfish disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others 2adj used especially of behavior Syn renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating nonindulgent, strict characterized by strictness, severity, or restraint |
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