selfish

英 ['selfɪʃ] 美['sɛlfɪʃ]
  • adj. 自私的;利己主义的

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词态变化


副词: selfishly;名词: selfishness;

中文词源


selfish 自私的

self,自己的,自身的,-ish,形容词后缀。引申词义自私的。

英英释意


1. concerned chiefly or only with yourself;
"Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"- Maria Weston Chapman

英文词源


selfish (adj.)
1630s, from self- + -ish. Said in Hacket's life of Archbishop Williams (1693) to have been coined by Presbyterians. In the 17c., synonyms included self-seeking (1620s), self-ended and self-ful.
Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs. [Richard Dawkins, "The Selfish Gene," 1976]
Related: Selfishly; selfishness. Similar formations in German selbstisch, Swedish sjelfvisk, Danish selvisk.

考试真题


Bruce Peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.

2016年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

In that sense, I'm pretty sure volunteering is more of a selfish act than I'd freely like to admit.

2019年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

实用场景例句


selfish behaviour
自私的行为

牛津词典

Do you think I'm being selfish by not letting her go?
你觉得我不让她走是自私吗?

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What a selfish thing to do!
这样做,多么自私!

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It was selfish of him to leave all the work to you.
他把所有的工作都推给你,真是自私。

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She looked forward, a little selfishly, to a weekend away from her family.
她有点自私,就盼着能够离家在外边度个周末。

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I think I've been very selfish. I've been mainly concerned with myself.
我觉得我一直非常自私。总是只关心自己。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the selfish interests of a few people.
少数人的私利

柯林斯高阶英语词典

They painted him to be indecisive, negative, and selfish.
他被描绘成一个优柔寡断 、 消极又自私的人.

《简明英汉词典》

Potter is very selfish; he has no regard for anyone else.
波特太自私了, 他不尊敬任何人.

期刊摘选

The writer characterized the protagonist in his latest novel as lazy and selfish.
作家把他最近一部小说中主人公的性格描述成又懒惰又自私.

辞典例句

His behavior argues that he is selfish.
他的行为显示他是自私的.

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They are really selfish.
他们太自私了.

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But in garden of the selfish Giant it is still winter.
但是,在自私的巨人的花园里,仍然是冬天.

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The British can be awkward, selfish and devious players of the EU game.
你可以认为在欧盟各方的博弈中,英国人是棘手的 、 自私的、狡猾的.

期刊摘选

Don't bargain on getting any support from her; she's very selfish.
别指望从她那里得到什么援助, 她很自私.

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Her attitude makes me mad because she is so selfish.
她的态度真让我很恼火,她太自私了.

期刊摘选

Nobody but you could be so selfish.
除了你之外,谁也不会这样自私.

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People are selfish, but selfless love can be killed through.
人是自私的, 可是爱可以无私地穿越死亡.

期刊摘选

The answer, as I see it, is for him to get selfish.
对于这件事, 我的答案是他应该自私一点.

期刊摘选

His own lazy, selfish body might require a more drastic discipline.
他的懒惰 、 自私的本质可能需要更严格的纪律来约束.

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He's too selfish to think of lending me his car.
他是一个自私的人,不想把汽车借给我.

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She was selfish, arrogant and often callous.
她自私傲慢,而且往往冷酷无情.

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She is an essentially selfish person.
她本质上是个自私自利的人.

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Why do you impute selfish motives to her?
你为什么说她的动机是自私的?

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I used to think he was a friend of mine, but now I've got his number; he's completely selfish.
我一向认为他是我的朋友, 但现在我算把他看透了, 他完全是个自私自利的人.

《简明英汉词典》

They bow and scrape like slaves to the foreigners, willing to sell the country for their own selfish ends.
他们对外奴颜婢膝, 甘心卖国求荣.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

You must learn to share and not be so selfish.
你一定要学会与他人分享,不要那么自私.

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She has a strong sense of selfish consideration.
她的私心杂念重.

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