selfish
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英 ['self??]
美['s?lf??]
- adj. 自私的；利己主義的
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詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?selfishly;名詞:?selfishness;
中文詞源
selfish 自私的
self,自己的，自身的，-ish,形容詞后綴。引申詞義自私的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. I think I've been very selfish. I've been mainly concerned with myself.
- 我覺得我一直非常自私。總是只關(guān)心自己。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Susan and Deborah share an intensely selfish, egotistic streak.
- 蘇珊和德博拉兩個人都極端自私和自我。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She calls me lazy and selfish.
- 她說我又懶又自私。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Do you think I'm being selfish by not letting her go?
- 你覺得我不讓她走是自私嗎？
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. They painted him to be indecisive, negative, and selfish.
- 他被描繪成一個優(yōu)柔寡斷 、 消極又自私的人.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》