They believed that good parents should be self-sacrificing and self-denying.

他们相信好的父母应该自我牺牲和克己忘我。

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They belong to an older, more self-denying generation.

他们属于更加克己的上一代人。

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Self keeps me from prayer, but my heart can be prepared for prayer by denying the world.

天然的己妨碍我祷告，但我可以拒绝世界，预备自己的心来祷告。

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"He's observing a self-denying ordinance, " noted panel chairman, Spectator editor Fraser Nelson dryly.

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During Ramadan or Lent, for example, the observant manage to be self-denying even as they struggle to stay on a diet or hold back their temper.

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She said that she was never tempted to try drugs for the role but is hardly self-denying (after the show, she smokes cigarettes and grabs drinks).

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