self-denial
n. 自我否定,克己,忘我; 自我犧牲
Self-denial is the habit of refusing to do or have things that you would like, either because you cannot afford them, or because you believe it is morally good for you not to do them or have them.
Should motherhood necessarily mean sacrifice and self-denial?
做母親就一定要犧牲和忘我嗎?
...an unprecedented act of self-denial.
聞所未聞的克己行為
1. the trait of practicing self discipline
2. the act of denying yourself; controlling your impulses
3. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
To discipline ( one's body and physical appetites ) by self - denial or self - inflicted privation.
抑制透過克己或 自我 苦行的方式抑制 ( 一個人的身體或物質慾望 )
I'm not advising a life of utter self – denial.
我不建議完全自我否定的人生.
We already cannot sit wellday in this aspect, self - intoxicated, cannot improperly belittle oneself, the self - denial.
在這方面我們既不能坐井觀天、自我陶醉, 更不能妄自菲薄 、 自我 否定.
All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, self denial and study.
我們享受的所有幸福,都是勞動 、 辛勤 、 自制以及用功的成果.