selfish

英 ['selfɪʃ] 美 ['selfɪʃ]

• adj. 自私的；利己的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 自私的,利己的

   concerned with or directed towards one's own advantage without care for others

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 自私的
2. 只顾自己的
3. 利己主义的
4. 利己的
5. 自私自利的
6. 不顾他人的
7. 自我中心的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. 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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. A selfish person always thinks about himself.
   一个自私的人总是想着自己。
2. I am becoming more and more irritated by his selfish behaviour.
   我对他那种自私的行为愈加恼火起来。
3. I call his behaviour mean and selfish.
   我认为他的行为卑鄙、 自私。
4. Nobody but you could be so selfish.
   除了你之外，谁也不会这样自私。
5. I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
   我生平是个利己的人，虽然只在实践而非原则上如此。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. She is a selfish person.
   她是一个自私自利的人。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. You must learn to share and not be so selfish.
   你一定要学会与他人分享,不要那么自私。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. Oh, don't be so selfish with your money!
   好啦,在钱上别这么自私啦!

S+be+～+to- v

1. He's too selfish to think of lending me his car.
   他是一个自私的人,不想把车子借给我。

用作宾语补足语

S+V+O+～

1. What makes almost every man selfish?
   是什么使几乎所有的人都自私自利?

经典引文

• Very selfish of mesthinking of myself when Annette was in need of help.

  出自： E. Caldwell

• An over protective mother whose motives were selfish rather than loving.

  出自：Irish Press

• The brash and selfish values of a 'get rich quick' society.

  出自：Times

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• selfish interests 私利
• selfish motives 自私的动机

副词+～

• purely〔totally, very〕 selfish 纯粹〔完全,非常〕自私

动词+～

• remain selfish 一味自私

近反义词

【近义词】

• greedy
• miserly
• ungenerous

【反义词】

• considerate
• generous
• selfless
• unselfish

派生词

adj.(形容词)

• selfishly adv. 自私地,利己地‖ selfishness n. 自私