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单词 self-interested
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Definition of self-interested in English:

self-interested

adjective ˌsɛlfˈɪntrɛstɪdsɛlf ˈɪn(t)ərəstəd
  • Motivated by one's personal interest or advantage, especially without regard for others.

    自私自利的

    many groups pursue self-interested aims

    许多集团追求自利的目标。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Even at a time when Australia admitted a comparatively large number of refugees, its generosity was self-interested.
    • They are young people and find the older and more self-interested comedians slightly tiresome.
    • We say people are basically selfish and self-interested, so that's how the market should be constructed.
    • To call one of these forms of motivation self-interested but the other not does not seem to add anything to our understanding of them.
    • As owners of huge amounts of stock, it is their job to hold incompetent or self-interested management accountable.
    • What emerges may be even worse than our brutal, self-interested bungling, but hope springs eternal.
    • If a leader acts in an altruistic fashion for self-interested reasons, how does one evaluate such behavior?
    • They carefully reflect a mix of motivations to these abuses, from the more excusable to the purely self-interested.
    • They may be tribunes of the people but they are also deeply self-interested.
    • It goes against the self-interested vein running deep in the hidden places of the personality.
    • In some cases, the antagonism seemed petulant and self-interested, and sometimes it was fuelled by genuine moral outrage.
    • For too long, the moral and self-interested case against arms exports has been trumped by the apparently invincible economic case.
    • Nations must decide between playing self-interested politics or preparing to risk lives to enforce civilized norms.
    • Years of observation and introspection have led many to the conclusion that people are self-interested creatures.
    • This is a recipe for a resentful, suspicious, self-interested, and racially hostile polity.
    • The stakeholders are frighteningly numerous, diverse, intensely self-interested, and powerful.
    • If the government thinks it can take us back to an era of managed news by self-interested politicians, then it is even more delusional than we thought.
    • First, it's highly likely that, except in the opinion of self-interested journalists, it's not outrageous at all.
    • Despite what some self-interested groups say, our present energy consumption levels are so high we have no practical alternative to fossil fuels.
    • Our economic order claims to spread democracy by imposing its own self-interested rules on poorer nations.
    Synonyms
    self-seeking, self-serving, self-obsessed, self-absorbed, self-regarding, wrapped up in oneself, egocentric, egotistic, egotistical, egomaniacal, inward-looking, introverted, selfish
    inconsiderate, thoughtless, unthinking, uncaring
    informal looking after number one

Rhymes

uninterested

Definition of self-interested in US English:

self-interested

adjectivesɛlf ˈɪn(t)ərəstəd
  • Motivated by one's personal interest or advantage, especially without regard for others.

    自私自利的

    many groups pursue self-interested aims

    许多集团追求自利的目标。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is a recipe for a resentful, suspicious, self-interested, and racially hostile polity.
    • It goes against the self-interested vein running deep in the hidden places of the personality.
    • Years of observation and introspection have led many to the conclusion that people are self-interested creatures.
    • First, it's highly likely that, except in the opinion of self-interested journalists, it's not outrageous at all.
    • For too long, the moral and self-interested case against arms exports has been trumped by the apparently invincible economic case.
    • Despite what some self-interested groups say, our present energy consumption levels are so high we have no practical alternative to fossil fuels.
    • In some cases, the antagonism seemed petulant and self-interested, and sometimes it was fuelled by genuine moral outrage.
    • They may be tribunes of the people but they are also deeply self-interested.
    • Even at a time when Australia admitted a comparatively large number of refugees, its generosity was self-interested.
    • Nations must decide between playing self-interested politics or preparing to risk lives to enforce civilized norms.
    • They carefully reflect a mix of motivations to these abuses, from the more excusable to the purely self-interested.
    • If a leader acts in an altruistic fashion for self-interested reasons, how does one evaluate such behavior?
    • As owners of huge amounts of stock, it is their job to hold incompetent or self-interested management accountable.
    • What emerges may be even worse than our brutal, self-interested bungling, but hope springs eternal.
    • To call one of these forms of motivation self-interested but the other not does not seem to add anything to our understanding of them.
    • If the government thinks it can take us back to an era of managed news by self-interested politicians, then it is even more delusional than we thought.
    • We say people are basically selfish and self-interested, so that's how the market should be constructed.
    • They are young people and find the older and more self-interested comedians slightly tiresome.
    • Our economic order claims to spread democracy by imposing its own self-interested rules on poorer nations.
    • The stakeholders are frighteningly numerous, diverse, intensely self-interested, and powerful.
    Synonyms
    self-seeking, self-serving, self-obsessed, self-absorbed, self-regarding, wrapped up in oneself, egocentric, egotistic, egotistical, egomaniacal, inward-looking, introverted, selfish
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