self-seeking
英 [ˌself ˈsiːkɪŋ]
美 [ˌself ˈsiːkɪŋ]
adj. 追逐私利的
n. 追逐私利
牛津词典
adj.
- 追逐私利的
interested only in your own needs and interests rather than thinking about the needs of other people
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 追逐私利的;只顾自己的
If you describe someone asself-seeking, you disapprove of them because they are interested only in doing things which give them an advantage over other people.- He said that democracy would open the way for self-seeking politicians to abuse the situation.
他说民主会为追逐私利的政客大开方便之门,使他们趁机以公谋私。
- He said that democracy would open the way for self-seeking politicians to abuse the situation.
英英释义
noun
- taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
adj
- interested only in yourself
双语例句
- These views were grounded in alternative secular religions: the former in the view that individual self-seeking behaviour guaranteed a stable economic order; the latter in the idea that the identical motivation could lead only to exploitation, instability and crisis.
这些观点基于完全对立的世俗信仰:前者认为个人追逐私利的行为保证了经济秩序的稳定;后者认为同样的动机只会导致剥削、动荡和危机。 - Now at Bordeaux came the fateful moment in the career of this ambitious, self-seeking, and capable admiral.
现在在波尔多,这位野心勃勃,自私自利的能干的海军上将一生事业的紧要关头到来了。 - But if you have bitter envy and self-seeking in your hearts, do not boast and lie against the truth.
你们心里若怀着苦毒的嫉妒和分争,就不可自夸,也不可说谎话抵挡真道。 - Showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking.
表现出一种没有私虑的斗争倾向。 - He is self-seeking rather selfless.
他是自私自利而不是忘我的。 - He is driven by ambition and self-seeking.
他受野心和自私所驱使。 - This article tries to reveal the growth of Zhang Jie's women's self-consciousness by analyzing the changing process of her true love and ideal and the journey of female's self-seeking.
本文分析了张洁真爱理想的演变过程、女性自我的寻找历程,试图梳理出张洁女性意识的变化成长。 - Analysis on crime of engaging in self-seeking misconduct& The empirical analysis on the case
徇私枉法罪的司法认定&以一起案例的实证分析为视角 - The army felt that the politicians of the day were just self-seeking opportunists.
军队觉得台上的政客们仅仅是追求私利的机会主义者。 - Crime Subject of Engaging in Self-seeking Misconduct in Objectivism
从客观主义的立场探讨徇私枉法罪主体