selfish是什么意思_selfish怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others;"Selfish men were...trying to make capital for themselves out of the sacred cause of civil rights"

中英词源

selfish 自私的

self,自己的，自身的，-ish,形容词后缀。引申词义自私的。Www.wEnTIyI.COm

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.

词态变化

副词 selfishly;
名词 selfishness;

权威造句

1. 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。

2. Susan and Deborah share an intensely selfish, egotistic streak.: 苏珊和德博拉两个人都极端自私和自我。

3. She calls me lazy and selfish.: 她说我又懒又自私。

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

5. 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.

近反义词

greedy

miserly

ungenerous

相似短语

selfish person phr. 自私的人

单词分析

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