单词 | selfish/not selfish |
释义 | selfish/not selfish1 selfish2 selfish behaviour or a selfish attitude3 not selfishrelated wordssee alsogenerous/not generous,proud,1. selfish 自私的 selfish /ˈselfɪʃ/ [adjective] someone who is selfish only thinks about what they need or want, and never thinks about how other people feel or what other people want 自私的 amy, don't be selfish. let the others have a turn. 埃米,别自私了,让别人也有个机会吧。 carter has never been a selfish player. 卡特从来都不是自私的球员。 it's not that i'm selfish. i just don't loan out my tools anymore. 不是我自私,我只是不再出借工具了。 sometimes it's all right to be a little selfish, and forget about everyone else for a change. 有时候不妨转变一下,自私一点,忘记别人。 selfishly [adverb] her husband behaved extremely selfishly. 她的丈夫表现得极度自私。 self-centred british /self-centered american /ˌself ˈsentəʳd◂/ [adjective] paying so much attention to yourself that you do not notice what is happening to other people 自我中心的,只顾自己的 he was too self-centered to notice how unhappy ruth was. 他只顾自己,没有注意到露丝是多么的不开心。 jill's attractive and pleasant to talk to, but she's extremely self-centred. 吉尔长得漂亮,跟她交谈也很愉快,但她极为自我中心。 our whole society has become selfish and self-centered. 我们的整个社会都变得自私,以自我为中心。 egocentric /ˌiːgəʊˈsentrɪk, ˌe-/ [adjective] someone who is egocentric believes that what they do and think is much more important than what anyone else thinks or does 自我中心的;个人主义的;自私自利的 fox plays an egocentric movie star. 福克斯扮演的是一位自私自利的电影明星。 he was a man of undoubted genius, but bad-tempered, egocentric, and impossible to live with. 他是一个无庸置疑的天才,但是脾气暴躁,自我中心,根本不可能和他共同生活。 older children are less egocentric than younger ones, and more willing to accept other people's ideas. 较年长的孩子没有较年幼的孩子那么以自我为中心,也更愿意接受他人的意见。 think of nobody but yourself/only think about yourself /θɪŋk əv ˌnəʊbədi bət jɔːʳˈself, əʊnli ˌθɪŋk əbaʊt jɔːʳˈself/ [verb phrase] informal to be selfish, especially when you are making plans or arrangements 【非正式】[尤在制定计划或作安排时]心里只想着自己 before i had children, i only thought about myself and what i wanted. 在我有孩子之前,我心里只想着自己,只想着自己要什么。 you never think about anyone but yourself - we needed that money! 你除了自己之外从来都不会想到别人,我们需要那笔钱! look out for yourself/look after number one /lʊk ˌaʊt fəʳ jɔːʳˈself, lʊk ˌɑːftəʳ ˌnʌmbəʳ ˈwʌnǁ-ˌæf-/ [verb phrase] informal to behave selfishly, especially in a situation where this is necessary because everyone else is doing the same 【非正式】只顾自己;为自己着想[尤在因大家都如此而必须这么做的时候] i don't blame anyone for looking out for themselves, that's human nature. 我不会责备只为自己着想的人,那是人的本性。 in the 1980s, the message was clear -- look out for number one and give no thought to the rest of society. 在20世纪80年代,那意思很明白——只顾自己,根本不考虑社会上的其他人。2. selfish behaviour or a selfish attitude 自私的行为或自私的态度 selfishness /ˈselfɪʃnɪs, ˈselfɪʃnəs/ [uncountable noun] at the time, i didn't see my decision as selfishness. 当时,我并不认为我的决定是自私的。 i was appalled by the greed and selfishness of some of the men i worked with. 和我共事的一些人,他们的贪婪和自私让我震惊。pure selfishness miller's crime, that of espionage, was a crime motivated by pure selfishness, said the trial judge. 主审法官说,米勒的罪行,那种间谍行为,动机纯粹是自私。 self-interest /self ˈɪntrə̇st/ [uncountable noun] a selfish attitude that makes you do things only for selfish reasons, especially in business or politics 私利,利己[尤指在商业或政治中] advertising is most effective when it appeals directly to people's self-interest. 广告直接迎合人们的个人利益时效果是最好的。 our country's role in the world must be determined by economic self-interest. 我们的国家在世界上的地位必须由自身的经济利益来决定。 i'm all right, jack /ˌaɪm ɔːl ˈraɪt ˌdʒæk/ british informal someone with an i'm all right, jack attitude is only concerned that their own life is satisfactory, and does not care about other people - used especially in newspapers 【英,非正式】我过得很好[指只顾自己,不理会别人的态度;尤用于报纸上] the prime minister criticized people for their ‘i'm all right, jack’ approach to social policy. 首相指责人们在社保政策上只抱着“我过得好就行”的态度。3. not selfish 不自私的 unselfish /ʌnˈselfɪʃ/ [adjective] she is an outgoing, unselfish, and loving person. 她是个性格外向的人,不自私,有爱心。 it's a good team - they listen to the coaching and they're unselfish with the ball. 这是一支很好的球队一他们服从教练的安排,打球不抱私心。 abernathy was a man of great courage and an unselfish dedication to a just cause. 阿伯内西是个英勇无畏的人,为了正义的事业克己奉公。 unselfishly [adverb] throughout her career she unselfishly devoted herself to the cause of free, universal education. 她的整个职业生涯都无私地奉献给了普及免费教育的事业。 selfless /ˈselfləs/ [adjective] caring only about other people's needs, not your own, and never behaving selfishly 无私的,不考虑自己的 the idea of the selfless, self-sacrificing mother is not one that appeals to most women these days. 当一个无私的、具有自我牺牲精神的母亲,如今对大多数妇女来说都不会有吸引力了。selfless devotion/sacrifice/concern etc we must remember the selfless sacrifice of our soldiers. 我们必须牢记我们士兵无私的牺牲精神。 selflessly [adverb] the medical staff here work selflessly and tirelessly, seven days a week. 这里的医务人员一周七天孜孜不倦、无私地工作着。 altruistic /ˌæltruˈɪstɪk◂/ [adjective] sincerely concerned about other people and willing to help them or give money to them if they need it, without trying to get any advantage for yourself 利他的,无私的 you can't expect a large corporation to be altruistic. 大公司不可能没有私心。 companies that donate books or equipment to schools that collect their tokens are not being entirely altruistic - after all, you have to buy the products to get the tokens. 公司向获得他们礼券的学校捐赠书本或设备,并非完全出于无私的动机。毕竟,你得去购买他们的产品才能得到这些礼券。 altruism /ˈæltru-ɪzəm/ [uncountable noun] top politicians aren't usually motivated by altruism. 那些高层政客的动机并不常是无私的。 |
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