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

• 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。
• But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger.
  惟有结党不顺从真理，反顺从不义的，就以忿怒恼恨报应他们。
• Showing a fighting disposition without self-seeking.
  表现出一种没有私虑的斗争倾向。
• The article accused seniou officials of self-seeking and arrogance.
  文章指责高级官员追求私利、狂妄自大。
• 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。
• Low and grovelling thoughts of God must be given up; doubting and despairing must be removed; and self-seeking and carnal delights must be forsaken.
  我们必须离弃卑贱低下的恩想，必须挪去怀疑悲观的意念，也必须抛除自我追求和属世的享乐。
• By the combination of theoretical analysis, empirical research, and design practice, complete the subject of mobile application development for the tour pal based on LBS for technical support, provides the way to self-seeking method of the tour pal outdoor activities.
  通过理论分析、实证研究、设计实践相结合的方式，完成以LBS为技术支持的驴友移动应用开发课题，为驴友户外驴行的自我寻求方法提供了实现途径。
• 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。
• 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。
• His poems mainly express his personal feelings and the major ideological content includes: criticizing realism and sympathizing the people, happy-go-lucky and harmonious thoughts, official pain and self-seeking, taking warning from history and moral judgement.
  司马光的诗歌内容主要侧重于抒发个人的情怀，他的诗歌所反映的主要思想内容有：批判现实与同情人民，乐天知命与中和适意，仕宦之痛与自我追求，以史为鉴与道德评判等。