self-abnegation meaning in English
n.
克己，自制；自我牺牲。
Examples
- Men with that capacity for self-abnegation do not reach a presidency .
具有那样自我克制能力的人根本当不了总统。 - This is natural because it takes a superhuman degree of self-abnegation to be at ease with a man whose most exhilarating moment is likely to be one's death .
这是很自然的，因为一个人得具有超人的自我克制才能同另一个最盼望自己死的人平安相处。