中文词源
selfish 自私的
self,自己的，自身的，-ish,形容词后缀。引申词义自私的。
英语词源
- selfish (adj.)
- 1630s, from self- + -ish. Said in Hacket's life of Archbishop Williams (1693) to have been coined by Presbyterians. In the 17c., synonyms included self-seeking (1620s), self-ended and self-ful.
Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs. [Richard Dawkins, "The Selfish Gene," 1976]
Related: Selfishly; selfishness. Similar formations in German selbstisch, Swedish sjelfvisk, Danish selvisk.
权威例句
- 1. I think I've been very selfish. I've been mainly concerned with myself.
- 我觉得我一直非常自私。总是只关心自己。
- 2. Susan and Deborah share an intensely selfish, egotistic streak.
- 苏珊和德博拉两个人都极端自私和自我。
- 3. She calls me lazy and selfish.
- 她说我又懒又自私。
- 4. Do you think I'm being selfish by not letting her go?
- 你觉得我不让她走是自私吗？
- 5. They painted him to be indecisive, negative, and selfish.
- 他被描绘成一个优柔寡断 、 消极又自私的人.