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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others
  Synonym:opportunismself-interestexpedience

adj

• interested only in yourself
  Synonym:self-serving

双语例句

• I consider that your error stems from your self-seeking and is of an extremely serious nature; that is to say, your order serves the interest of the enemy.
  我认为你的这个错误，是由于你的私心而产生的，带着非常严重的性质，这就是说，你的命令有利于敌人。
• 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。
• Dreiser chose this theme not simply to caution the readers that the American Dream was only an illusion but to suggest his failure in self-seeking.
  德莱塞选择这个主题不仅想告诫读者美国梦是一个幻想而且也暗示了德莱塞在个人追求过程中的失败。
• 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。
• 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。
• The first half of this mental shift is to stop thinking immature thoughts, which are self-centered and self-seeking.
  这可以分为两部分：第一部分是停止不成熟，即自私自利的想法。
• Beware of self-seeking people who are only interested in your money.
  当心追逐私利者，他们只在乎你的钱。
• 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。
• So pay attention to Chinese traditional thinking within the self-seeking center of gravity technique: "rectifying the mind, regulate the family, country and the world."
  所以中国传统思维注重内向自求，重心术：“正心、修身、齐家、治国、平天下。”
• 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