selfishness
US / ˈsɛlfɪʃnɪs/
・UK /'selfɪʃnəs/
A2 初級
n. (u.)不可數名詞 自私
Cam's selfishness caused Carol to believe he was mean
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我討厭我女朋友的男朋友 (I hate my girlfriend's boyfriend)
03:14
- And you're such a generous person that I can't even imagine you exhibiting that kind of selfishness.
而你是一個如此慷慨的人，我甚至無法想象你會表現出那種自私。
- He just made no attempt to meet you halfway, and you're such a generous person that I can't even imagine you exhibiting that kind of selfishness, you know.
他根本沒有嘗試要見你，而且你是一個如此大方的人，我無法想像你會表現出這種自私的行為。
木偶奇遇記 - 睡前故事動畫 (Pinocchio - Bedtime Story Animation | Best Children Classics HD)
12:58
- As soon as Pinocchio repented his selfishness and greed he transformed back into a wooden puppet.
當皮諾丘一悔改，不再自私與貪心，他變回了他原本的樣子
7件事你永遠不要道歉! (7 Things You Should Never Apologize For!)
06:46
- Settling for a life you don't want is the ultimate act of selfishness, because you are virtually sentencing everyone that is witness to it.
安於自己不想要的生活是自私的終極行為，因為你實際上是在給每一個見證者判刑。
世界以我為中心！「自我」到底是好是壞呢？ (Individualism: Is it a good thing? | BBC Ideas)
02:31
- But individualism is also often said to be the source of Western civilization's degeneracy, accused of leading to selfishness, shallow consumerism, the breakdown of society.
但個人主義也常被說是西方文明墮落的根源——被指控了導致自私自利、膚淺的消費習慣和社會的崩壞。
你一直忽視的紅旗 (The Red Flags You Keep Ignoring)
05:02
- That certain people constantly reveal to us some of their deep-seated inclinations towards unkindness, treachery, vanity and selfishness.
某些人不斷向我們揭示他們內心深處的一些傾向，如不友善、背叛、虛榮和自私。
極端的神經科學從無情的心理變態到非凡的慷慨 | 阿比蓋爾-馬什 (The neuroscience of extremes: Ruthless psychopathy to extraordinary generosity | Abigail Marsh)
24:20
- And even when they do things that seem nice, it's just driven by selfishness underneath.
即使他們做了看起來很好的事情，也只是出於內心的自私。
- And I think just recognizing that fact is really helpful because I think it helps refute the myth that when people are very altruistic, it's because they've somehow willed themselves to overcome their intrinsic selfishness.
我認為認識到這一事實真的很有幫助，因為我認為這有助於駁斥這樣一個神話：當人們非常利他時，那是因為他們以某種方式讓自己克服了內在的自私。