public spiritedness

基本解釋

On the basis of Mr Brown’s behaviour so far, such public spiritedness seems unlikely.
就目前來看，布朗先生的行為與公眾的“少動多靜”的精神狀態(tài)不太相符。
As Kristol points out in the essay, the meaning of the phrase "public spiritedness" has flipped since the 18th century.
克里斯托在論文中指出，所謂“公益精神”的含義，自18世紀(jì)開始宣揚(yáng)。
More important, they believed, was public spiritedness — a system of habits and attitudes that would check egotism and self-indulgence.
更重要的制度，他們認(rèn)為是公益精神---一種檢驗(yàn)自我主義和自我放縱的習(xí)慣和態(tài)度的思想體系。

We want the rest of society to, well not quite honour them, but at least recognise their public spiritedness and the benefits that flow to our wider society from a well stocked treasury.
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The third big achievement, alongside democracy and prosperity, is the partial restoration of public-spiritedness, trust, decency and kindness.
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In the United States the hospital is seen as an emblem of public-spiritedness.
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