self-denial

noun

1. 克己；（宗教）弃绝自己
   the act of not having or doing the things you like, either because you do not have enough money, or for moral or religious reasons

1. N-UNCOUNT 自我剥夺;自我牺牲;克己忘我
   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.
   1. Should motherhood necessarily mean sacrifice and self-denial?
      做母亲就一定要牺牲和忘我吗？
   2. ...an unprecedented act of self-denial.
      闻所未闻的克己行为

1. Should motherhood necessarily mean sacrifice and self-denial?
   做母亲就一定要牺牲和忘我吗？
2. Self-denial is the core of servanthood.
   自我牺牲是仆人心志的核心。
3. I do not wish my life to be cluttered with material things; on the other hand, I do not wish to anticipate, by fanatical self-denial, the raptures to come.
   我不希望生活充斥着物质追求；另一方面，我也不愿盲目否定自我以期待神赐喜悦的来临。
4. But such willpower and self-denial is rare-sad cases like the Rockefellers and Hiltons are more common.
   但这种意志力和克己精神已属罕见&像洛克菲勒家族（Rockefellers）和希尔顿家族（Hiltons）那样令人遗憾的案例更为普遍。
5. A younger son, you know, must be inured to self-denial and dependence.
   你知道，一个小儿子可就不得不克制自己，仰仗别人。
6. All the blessings we enjoy are the fruits of labor, toil, and self-denial, and study.
   我们得到的一切幸福都是劳动、辛苦、自我克制和学习的成果。
7. The cause of disease is the internal reasons of body, the intrinsic relations of body, the physiological incline of self-denial and the result of interaction of body constitution.
   疾病的根本原因是机体的内在因素、内在关系、自我否定倾向，是机体各个结构相互作用的结果。不能用辨证的观点去理解机体的内在关系是现代医学的重大缺陷。
8. With true vigor, we will seek to cultivate a spirit of self-denial.
   我们要以诚实刚健为本，培养出战胜自我的精神。
9. If austerity can be defined as self-denial and abstention from worldly pleasures, what a joyless bunch we have been, with all that cutting and scrimping.
   如果紧缩可被定义为自我克制及放弃世俗享乐，那么这些缩减及节省已使我们变成非常无趣的一群人。
10. He feared that they had never heard of necessity of self-denial and humility from any lips that could profit them.
    他估计，她们从来没有听到可能帮助她们的人说过，必须克己，必须谦让。
11. Who knew, perhaps the party was rotten under the surface, its cult of strenuousness and self-denial simply a sham concealing iniquity.
    有谁晓得，没准儿在党道貌岸然的表面下充满了腐朽，它崇尚紧张自制，不过是掩饰骨子里的邪恶。
12. Self-analysis is the behavior of wise man whereas self-denial is even the embodiment of decision;
    自我剖析，是智者所为；自我否定，更是英明决断的体现；
13. For in that sad yet happy hour, she had learned not only the bitterness of remorse and despair, but the sweetness of self-denial and self-control.
    在那既悲又喜的时刻，她不但咀嚼到悔恨绝望的痛苦滋味，也尝到了自我否认和自我控制的甜蜜感受。
14. He exerted preterhuman self-denial in abstaining from finishing him completely; but getting out of breath he finally desisted, and dragged the apparently inanimate body on to the settle.
    他使出超人的自制力克制自己，才没有送他的命，可是他终于喘不过气来，罢手了，又把那显然已无生气的身体拖到高背椅子旁边。
15. There is a period of penance, fasting, self-denial, and repentance.
    有一个赎罪、斋戒、自制与忏悔的阶段。
16. The selfish person must grow in self-denial before people will trust.
    自私的人必须学会舍己，别人才会信任。
17. She practiced self-denial in order to provide for her family's needs.
    为了家人的需要，她克制着自己。
18. The apostle Paul, for example, practiced self-denial as he preached the gospel among the Corinthians.
    例如使徒保罗，他愿意放弃自己的权利去向哥林多人传福音。
19. Through self-denial, prayer, and helping others, we re-learn Jesus'way of self-sacrifice for others.
    透过舍弃自我，祈祷，和帮助他人，我们重新学习耶稣为人舍己的精神。
20. One dependent on alms for support. The selfish person must grow in self-denial before people will trust.
    依靠救济金者，接受施舍的人自私的人必须学会舍己，别人才会信任。
21. The adoptees had feelings of self-denial and were mal-treated in adoptive families as nemesis because of her gender, which also inspired their unceasing efforts and good academic achievement;
    因为是女孩以及被说成是克星的送养原因，收养家庭生活中被不良地对待，导致被收养者对自我的否定，但同时也激发其不断努力及有良好的学业；
22. Critical spirits is the soul of Marxist practice dialectics, the core of which is related to the nature of self-denial and self-surmounting in the human practice activities.
    批判精神是马克思主义实践辩证法的灵魂，其深层根基在于人类实践活动自我否定、我超越的本性。
23. What a light is here for those who can bear or love the light: Self is the whole evil of fallen nature; self-denial is our capacity of being saved, humility is our Saviour.
    这里给我们看出几个何等重要的亮光，老我是堕落的天性，“舍己”使我们得救，“谦卑”地效法救主。
24. History records the suffering, the self-denial, the devotion, and the heroic deeds of people in the past.
    历史记载着人类的一切苦难、克己、忠诚和英勇的事迹。
25. I hate those acts of righteous self-denial that people do just so they can brag about them: health cleanses, bow hunting, reclaiming your virginity.
    我恨那些自己跟自己过不去的正义行为。不管是大搞卫生、用弓箭狩猎还是重守贞节，人们做这些事，其实都只不过是为了让他们日后可以自我吹嘘而已。
26. Be careful that it doesn't result in too much of self-denial and severity.
    小心不要落得自我否定和苛刻的下场。
27. In former times the artist also practiced self-denial, but he sacrificed his ego only for the glory of God.
    以前艺术家也做过自我否定，但是他牺牲自我只是为了尊重上帝。
28. I felt sure that his self-denial, as he handed me the last chocolate, was prompted less by selflessness than by a fear of getting fat.
    当他递给我最后一块巧克力的时候，我敢肯定他的克己行为与其说出于无私还不如说是害怕发胖。
29. I should fancy that the real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial.
    我想穷人的真正悲剧在于他们除了自我克制外，什么也拿不出。
30. Far from being born in sin and condemned to find salvation only self-denial, we are basically good and happy beings, and can realize that fact by consciously believing it is true.
    我们远非生而有罪，被罚只有自我否定才能获拯，而我们本质上是善的和快乐的生命，并能通过有意识地相信这是真的而认识这一事实。

noun

1. renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others

   Synonym:    abnegationself-abnegationdenialself-renunciation

2. the act of denying yourself

   Synonym:    self-disciplineself-control

3. the trait of practicing self discipline

   Synonym:    self-discipline