selfish

• adj. 自私的；利己主義的

self,自己的，自身的，-ish,形容詞後綴。引申詞義自私的。

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.

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。總是隻關心自己。

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《權威詞典》

5. They painted him to be indecisive, negative, and selfish.

他被描繪成一個優柔寡斷 、 消極又自私的人.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》