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selfishness

/sel-fish-nis/US // ˈsɛl fɪʃ nɪs //

自私,自私心,自私自利,私心

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the quality or state of caring only for oneself or one’s own interests:The author rants at length about the selfishness and general disregard for others that he sees at the root of modern society.

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Examples

  • A willingness to be more selfish is a goal for another elite point guard prospect, Indiana senior Ali Patberg.

  • So holding up any emergency vehicle is selfish beyond belief.

  • It seems selfish, as well as shortsighted, for people to refuse to take common-sense measures to protect themselves and others.

  • It seemed selfish to me to engage in nonessential travel to the race and potentially put myself and others at risk of spreading covid.

  • Masks are neither completely selfless nor selfish — they help everyone.

  • Marrying yourself merely underscores selfishness and self-interest, rather than enabling you to live singly in the best way.

  • They are mean, unhappy and inspired only by their fatal selfishness.

  • The pontiff blasts the selfishness, arrogance and detachment of the cardinals in Rome.

  • Fatigue, sadness, or psychosis is not about choice or laziness or selfishness.

  • I don't get to spend my money or my time with utmost selfishness.

  • The socialist looking thus at the world we live in sees in it nothing but waste and selfishness and inefficiency.

  • Even the purest selfishness would dictate a policy of social insurance.

  • The ancient grudging selfishness that would not feed other people's children should be cast out.

  • A vein of shrewd and humorous sarcasm, together with an under-current of quiet selfishness, made him a very pleasant companion. '

  • Politeness, being based upon real kindness of heart, cannot exist where there is selfishness or brutality to warp its growth.