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self-centered

/self-sen-terd/US // ˈsɛlfˈsɛn tərd //

以自我为中心,以自我为中心的,自以为是的,自以为是

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
    • : independent, self-sufficient.
    • : centered in oneself or itself.
    • : Archaic. fixed; unchanging.

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Examples

  • We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.

  • Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.

  • For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.

  • I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.

  • Those who come to the Dinner Party are self-selecting; they do want to talk about it.

  • Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.

  • Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.

  • At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.

  • But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?

  • Jean grinned and dribbled self-consciously, and showed his two little teeth to the proudest father in the world.