selfish
英 ['selfɪʃ]
美['sɛlfɪʃ]
- adj. 自私的;利己主义的
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?
牛津词典
- What a selfish thing to do!
- 这样做,多么自私!
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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。
牛津词典
- 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.
期刊摘选
- They are really selfish.
- 他们太自私了.
期刊摘选
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
期刊摘选
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- She was selfish, arrogant and often callous.
- 她自私傲慢,而且往往冷酷无情.
《简明英汉词典》
- She is an essentially selfish person.
- 她本质上是个自私自利的人.
《简明英汉词典》
- Why do you impute selfish motives to her?
- 你为什么说她的动机是自私的?
《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- She has a strong sense of selfish consideration.
- 她的私心杂念重.
《现代汉英综合大词典》