self-denying

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Without concern for one's own advantage; selfless or self-sacrificing.

词形变化

more self-denying comparative most self-denying superlative

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English denying
English self-denying
From self- + denying.
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