selfish

adjective
🔊/ˈselfɪʃ/
🔊/ˈselfɪʃ/
(disapproving)
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  1. caring only about yourself rather than about other people自私的
    • selfish behaviour自私的行为
    • Do you think I'm being selfish by not letting her go?你觉得我不让她走是自私吗?🔊🔊
    • What a selfish thing to do!这样做,多么自私!🔊🔊
    • It was selfish of him to leave all the work to you.他把所有的工作都推给你,真是自私。🔊🔊
    opposite unselfish, selfless
    Extra Examples
    • People are basically selfish.人从根本上来说是自私的。
    • a pretty selfish attitude相当自私的态度
    • He did it for purely selfish reasons.他做这事完全是因为自私。
    Topics Personal qualitiesb1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • seem
    adverb
    • extremely
    • fairly
    • very
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