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 mean, I know that sounds self-serving.
  我是说我知道这有点自私。
• Anyone wanting companies run by a self-serving, self-recruiting cabal could hardly improve on this incestuous system.
  任何希望公司由一个自私自利、中饱私囊的阴谋集团来经营的人，都几乎不可能改进这种朋比为奸的体系。
• It does not for self-serving reasons does actual harm, and it can still do your community good.
  这并不表示为了自身利益而帮助他人是可以造福你的社区。
• 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。
• You murderous self-serving traitor! It's over!
  你这残忍自私的叛徒，该结束了！
• This paradox illustrates one aspect of his brilliance: his ability to justify his actions, no matter how entirely self-serving, as being done for others.
  这一矛盾反映出他的某方面的智慧：他能将其所为合理化处理，即不论他是如何完全的为自己服务，也是为别人服务。
• But it has no monopoly on self-serving policies.
  但施行自私自利政策的国家并非只有它一个。
• When things go well, the self-serving attribution bias, we'll credit ourselves.
  当事情顺利时，自我服务归因偏向，我们就会觉得是自己能干。
• Society needs banks but not the self-serving kind we have today.
  社会需要银行，但不是当今那种自私的银行。
• 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。