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egoist

/ee-goh-ist, eg-oh-/US // ˈi goʊ ɪst, ˈɛg oʊ- //UK // (ˈiːɡəʊɪst, ˈɛɡ-) //

自负的人,利己主义者,自负者,自大狂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a self-centered or selfish person.
    • : an arrogantly conceited person; egotist.
    • : an adherent of the metaphysical principle of the ego, or self; solipsist.

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Examples

  • You might think that your renter is an egoist, because he or she is presumably only concerned with his or her own welfare.

  • Was she merely an egoist—it ran in the family—or did it conceal much that she had no intention of revealing?

  • Ada's a good child, as good as a born egoist can be, but—well—we are not all made on the same plan.

  • You are an egoist to create all this excitement; don't you know that the maids are out in the hall crying?

  • It is an awful thing when a poseur ceases to pose, when an egoist becomes a human being.

  • My sufferings, my repugnance, my feelings, all my egoism—for I know that I am an egoist—ought to be sacrificed to the family.