altruism

英 [ˈæltruɪzəm]

美 [ˈæltruɪzəm]

n.  利他主义; 利他; 无私

TOEFLGRE

BNC.15309 / COCA.15638

牛津词典

noun

• 利他主义；利他；无私
  the fact of caring about the needs and happiness of other people more than your own

柯林斯词典

• 利他主义；利他；无私
  Altruismis unselfish concern for other people's happiness and welfare.

英英释义

noun

• the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  Synonym:selflessness

双语例句

• And apparently too much altruism can lead to compassion fatigue.
  当然，过分的利他主义行为会导致激情疲劳。
• Despite its reputation for greed, American society continues to uphold the virtues of philanthropy and altruism.
  尽管美国社会有贪婪的名声，但人家仍继续维持慈善和利他主义的美德。
• Altruism means you care about the welfare of others.
  利他表明你关心别人的福利。
• Given the self-preserving tendency of human nature, how are we to account for the existence of altruism?
  如果说人性中有自我保护的倾向，那么我们又该怎样去解释利他主义的存在呢？
• The great object of all social teaching should be to promote the supremacy of altruism over egoism.
  所有社会教学的大目标，应当是促进利他主义超过利己主义而成为主导。
• Empathy and altruism are powerful instincts that define our species, but they can also be shut off or amplified by a number of situational factors.
  移情作用和利他主义用强有力的直觉定义我们这一物种，但是它们同样可以因为环境因素的一个数字被关闭或者被放大。
• If you believe there is no such thing as altruism, you are in good company.
  如果你认为不存在像利他主义这样的东西，有许多人与你为伍。
• They do so for altruism, and a sense of sharing knowledge.
  他们这样做利他、分享知识的意识。
• Researchers found that engaging in compassion meditation where you practice feeling compassion for different groups of people, including yourself seemed to increase a sense of altruism.
  研究人员发现进行慈悲冥想在那你练习为不同群体的人感到怜悯，包括你自己似乎增添了利他主义的感觉。
• We looked at smoking and drinking behavior, and voting behavior, and divorce which can spread and altruism.
  我们查看了吸烟和喝酒行为，投票行为，离婚&也是可以传染的，还有自闭症。