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单词 unselfish
释义
unselfish
adjective
uk
/ʌnˈsel.fɪʃ/us
/ʌnˈsel.fɪʃ/
An unselfishpersonthinksabout what is good for otherpeople, not just abouttheirownadvantage.
无私的
Synonyms
altruistic
generous(CHARACTER)
Opposites
selfishdisapproving
ungenerous
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Related words

unselfishly
unselfishness
(Definition ofunselfishfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

unselfish| American Dictionary

unselfish
adjective
us
/ʌnˈsel·fɪʃ/
caringabout orgeneroustowardothers:
He’s an unselfishplayerwho putsteamgoalsfirst.
(Definition ofunselfishfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofunselfish

unselfish
In the old debate, egoists do indeed argue that what appears to beunselfishbehaviour is always and everywhere and underneath selfish behaviour.
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Some of these were personal and communal, some selfish, othersunselfish.
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In biological and social terms it is a noble andunselfishact of individual self-restraint.
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In some games, the payoffs may represent a social dilemma only afterunselfishmotives and values are factored in.
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He is credited with kindness of heart and anunselfishdisposition, but it is difficult to find more than the courtesy of the coldblooded.
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The second player can decide between selfish behavior, keeping $5 and giving $2 to player one, orunselfishbehavior, allocating $4 to each.
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They include many of the highest, the most refined and the mostunselfishelements of our nature.
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Moreover, actual deeds ofunselfishand cooperative behavior are often reciprocated.
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Roughly, someone isunselfishif, to benefit others, they make themselves worse off than they are required to be.
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At any moment, each individual could will a moral ideal that was both rational andunselfish.
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Players were less likely to trust opponents in games immediately after they had been cheated than in games after the opponent wasunselfish.
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In this respect, they viewed themselves during marriage as 'unselfish' and as such held the moral high ground over men.
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Within the sets of games played after either a selfish orunselfishresponse, players were still more likely to trust faces morphed to resemble themselves.
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But we have been taught since childhood to beunselfishand cooperative.
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The poet'sunselfishdedication to freedom and his symbolic offering of blood absolve him from guilt, and provide proof of his greatness.
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