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self-serving

英 [ˌself ˈsɜːvɪŋ]

美 [ˌself ˈsɜːrvɪŋ]

adj.  只为个人打算的; 一心谋私利的

复数:self-servings 

法律

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 只为个人打算的;一心谋私利的
      interested only in gaining an advantage for yourself

      柯林斯词典

      • ADJ-GRADED 只为个人打算的;一心谋私利的
        If you describe someone asself-serving, you are critical of them because they are only interested in what they can get for themselves.
        1. They suggest that my motives for proposing reform are self-serving and mercenary.
          他们暗示说我之所以提议改革是贪图金钱,想谋取私利。
        2. ...corrupt, self-serving politicians.
          贪污腐败、一心谋私利的政治家们

      英英释义

      adj

      双语例句

      • ( Laughter) And we thought this was a very interesting comment on America, and a kind of self-serving, not my responsibility kind of phenomenon.
        (笑声)我们觉得这是对美国的一种很有趣的评论,一种事不关己、高高挂起,明哲保身的现象。
      • It does not for self-serving reasons does actual harm, and it can still do your community good.
        这并不表示为了自身利益而帮助他人是可以造福你的社区。
      • If they have self-serving motives, or their values are out of step with our own, emotional intelligence becomes a weapon of manipulation and the results can be devastating.
        当他们产生谋私利的动机,或者他们的价值观与我们的不合拍时,情商就会变成操控他人情绪的武器,其后果不堪设想。
      • Blatant self-serving agendas may cast doubt on one's trustworthiness.
        公然的“利己安排”也许会让别人对你的可信度产生怀疑。
      • Many Argentines are fed up beyond measure with what they see as a corrupt and self-serving political system.
        许多阿根廷人受够了他们所看到的腐败和自私自利的政治体制。
      • To some, these arguments might sound self-serving, if not a throwback to old Reagan-era free-market views.
        在一些人看来,上述观点就算不是朝着里根时代旧自由市场观点的倒退,可能也有自私之嫌。
      • Some of these complaints are self-serving.
        其中一些抱怨只考虑了自身的利益。
      • And yet even our most self-serving actions can be justified to ourselves.
        然而,即便是做了哪些最为自私的事情,人们也能找到理由为自己开脱。
      • He had a reputation for being politically officious and self-serving. I, a university student's life goal: Peasant woman, mountain spring, a little field.
        他因在政治上爱管闲事和个人奋斗而出名。我,一个大学生的人生奋斗目标:农妇,山泉,有点田。
      • This paradox illustrates one aspect of his brilliance: his ability to justify his actions, no matter how entirely self-serving, as being done for others.
        这一矛盾反映出他的某方面的智慧:他能将其所为合理化处理,即不论他是如何完全的为自己服务,也是为别人服务。