selfishness
基本释义
- n.
- 自私; 自我中心; 利己主义; 任性
实用例句
Love is the antithesis of selfishness.
爱是自私的对立面。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
He was angered by the selfishness of the others.
他被别人的自私激怒.
《简明英汉词典》
She covers her selfishness with a varnish of good manners.
她用一种表面上很有礼貌的态度来掩饰她的自私.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
His selfishness really gets up my nose.
他的自私真使我生气.
《简明英汉词典》
His judgment was clouded by selfishness.
自私毁了他的判断力.
《简明英汉词典》
His selfishness was the root of trouble.
他的自私是苦恼的根源.
《简明英汉词典》
Selfishness is a detestable quality in anyone.
自私是一种可恨的品质.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
His error stems from selfishness.
他犯错误的病根在于私心太重.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
Virtue is the antipode of selfishness.
道德与自私相反.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
He is very personification of selfishness.
他是个典型的自私者.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
The arrogance and selfishness of different interest groups never ceases to amaze me.
不同利益集团的傲慢和自私总是会让我大吃一惊。
柯林斯例句
Sometimes a bit of selfishness, if it leads to greater self-knowledge, is no bad thing.
如果能唤起更多自知之明，有时候一点点自私并非坏事。
柯林斯例句
" The forces of selfishness and of lust for power met their match "
“ 自私和贪嗜权力的势力遇到了劲敌 ”
演讲部分
He traces all the miseries and discontents of life to insatiable selfishness.
他把人生一切苦难和不满都归咎于不知足的自私.
辞典例句
The little rills of selfishness had united and made a channel.
一点儿细微的自私的涓涓之流,汇合成了一条大河.
辞典例句
真题例句
None of this is a matter of asceticism（苦行主义）; it is just pure selfishness.
出自-2012年12月阅读原文英英释义
1. stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others