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

• interested only in yourself
  Synonym:self-seeking

双语例句

• I have read hundreds of business memoirs over the decades and many are boastful, self-serving and dull.
  我在过去几十年间阅读了数百本企业家自传，其中许多都自吹自擂、别有所图、令人生厌。
• Some evidence suggests that people with depression have very low self-serving bias& they think everything is their fault.
  有证据表明，得忧郁症的人缺乏自利偏见，他们觉得所有的问题都是自己造成的。
• 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。
• It has evolved into a self-serving elite; conspicuously, it has no base among the masses.
  党已经演变成一个服务于自身利益的精英集团，明显没有群众基础。
• I mean, I know that sounds self-serving.
  我是说我知道这有点自私。
• ( 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。
• We can safely assume that some are benevolent and altruistic; some are evil and self-serving; and others may have agendas we can only guess at and may be beyond human understanding.
  我们可以有把握地做出猜测，有些外星人是仁慈的和无私的，有些是邪恶和自私自利的，还有其他一些有什么样的目的我们只能去猜测，可能是超出人类理解的。
• Mr. Perry acknowledges that his notes were cordial but may have sounded too self-serving.
  佩里承认他发送的信息都挺诚恳的，但可能听起来有点自私。
• 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。
• The basic stumbling block to global peace rests with the self-serving ambitions of many nations.
  全世界和平的基本障碍物在于许多国家谋私利的野心。