selfishness是什么意思？

selfishness

英['selfɪʃnəs] 美[ ˈsɛlfɪʃnɪs]

• n. 自私，自我中心，利己主义，任性；

副词：selfishly;

形容词：selfish;

例句

• His selfishness was the root of trouble. 他的自私是苦恼的根源。
• His selfishness really gets up my nose. 他的自私真使我生气。
• His judgment was clouded by selfishness. 自私毁了他的判断力。
• a streak of selfishness in her character 她性格有点儿自私
• an act of utter selfishness 纯粹的自私之举
• The strength of altruism lies in the fact that altruistic acts undeniably occur in any society and that moral codes universally advocate altruism or benevolence and condemn selfishness. 毫无疑问,利他主义存在于任何社会,而且道德准也普遍提倡利他主义或善良行为,而谴责自私自利。这也正是利他主义具有强大生命力的原因。
• In an acquisitive society the form that selfishness predominantly takes is monetary greed. 在一个贪婪的社会里, 贪财是自私自利的突出表现形式。
• Her small vanities and selfishness were growing nicely. 她小心眼里的虚荣和自私愈演愈浓烈.
• The denial of these ultimates results in mass selfishness. 否定这些基本原则会导致普遍的自私.
• Selfishness provokes war. Hatred rouses generations of calamity. 一己的私欲可以引起战端, 一念的仇恨可以祸延子孙.

英语六级真题

None of this is a matter of asceticism（苦行主义）; it is just pure selfishness.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  自私的;自利的
  If you say that someone is selfish, you mean that he or she cares only about himself or herself, and not about other people.
  例句
  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。 ...the selfish interests of a few people. 少数人的私利

英汉词典释义

• n.
  自私；自我中心;利己主义;任性
  an act of utter selfishness 纯粹的自私之举 a streak of selfishness in her character 她性格有点儿自私 He was angered by the selfishness of the others. 他被别人的自私激怒。 His judgment was clouded by selfishness. 自私毁了他的判断力。 His selfishness really gets up my nose. 他的自私真使我生气。 His selfishness was the root of trouble. 他的自私是苦恼的根源。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others