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

• You murderous self-serving traitor! It's over!
  你这残忍自私的叛徒，该结束了！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A lot of people avoid doing this they say its too self-serving.
  很多人会避免这么做他们会觉得这样显得太功利了。
• Blatant self-serving agendas may cast doubt on one's trustworthiness.
  公然的“利己安排”也许会让别人对你的可信度产生怀疑。
• Some of these complaints are self-serving.
  其中一些抱怨只考虑了自身的利益。
• If they have self-serving motives, or their values are out of step with our own, emotional intelligence becomes a weapon of manipulation and the results can be devastating.
  当他们产生谋私利的动机，或者他们的价值观与我们的不合拍时，情商就会变成操控他人情绪的武器，其后果不堪设想。
• 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。
• Bankers may be greedy, self-serving egomaniacs, but at least they are consistently greedy, self-serving and egotistical.
  银行家可能是贪婪、自私的自大狂，但至少他们的贪婪、自私和自我是始终如一的。