self-seeking
英 [ˌselfˈsiː.kɪŋ]
美 [ˌselfˈsiː.kɪŋ]
- n. 追逐私利；只顾自己；利己主义
- adj. 追逐私利的；（收音机等）自动调谐的
英语词源
- self-seeking (n.)
- "a seeking after one's own benefit (before those of others)," 1580s, from self + seeking, verbal noun from seek. As an adjective, from 1620s.
权威例句
- 1. He has never exhibited the self-confidence, bordering on arrogance, of his predecessor.
- 他从未表现出他前任的那种近乎傲慢的自信。
- 2. I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother's intense gaze.
- 在卢克母亲审视的目光下，我感到极不自在。
- 3. She has now changed into a happy, self-confident woman.
- 如今她已经变成一个快乐、自信的女人。
- 4. He is being treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
- 他因开枪自残受伤正在接受治疗。
- 5. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
- 她抑制着心中的自怜，将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。