They discussed the abnegation of God.

他们讨论否认上帝。

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But in other troubled European economies, abnegation is less evident.

但是在其它陷入困境的欧洲国家却鲜有自我克制的案例。

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The hermits’ fierce self-abnegation, their holy self-emptying seemed to her thrilling.

隐士们严苛的自我克制和神圣的自我倾空都令她震撼。 （self-emptying虽然在很多地方都译成自我倾空，但是我觉得这个说法很不清晰，其实“虚己”很好，奈何另有一词占了这两个字。

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The rest is bravado, boasting, good and bad times with many women and hangers-on, enormous earnings (most of them blown), and wrenching self-criticism and self-abnegation.

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The hermits' fierce self-abnegation, their holy self-emptying seemed to her thrilling.

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