self-interested
英 [ˌself ˈɪntrəstɪd]
美 [ˌself ˈɪntrəstɪd]
adj. 自私的;只为自己着想的
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 自私的;只为自己着想的
If you describe someone asself-interested, you disapprove of them because they always want to do what is best for themselves rather than for other people.- Narrowly self-interested behaviour is ultimately self-defeating.
狭隘自私的行为最终会自拆台脚。
- Narrowly self-interested behaviour is ultimately self-defeating.
双语例句
- You also believe us to be self-interested; you are sure that we crave the umbrella that you, the clever foreigner, has thought to carry.
你还相信我们是注重私利的;你确定我们渴望获得你这个聪明的外国人想着随身携带的伞。 - When external rules and internal ethics are both weak, self-interested actors push costs and risks on to others.
如果外部规则和内在道德都很薄弱,追逐私利的行动者就会将损失和风险推给他人。 - Based on or marked by a concern for self-interest rather than principle; self-interested.
基于私利的依自身利害而定的,基于私利而非原则考虑的; - Financial economics assumes that efficient valuation and capital allocation arises from self-interested selection among competing opportunities.
金融经济学假设,有效的估值和资本配置源自对竞争性机会的利己选择。 - Yes, I know that it might seem self-interested for me, an FT journalist, to point this out.
是的,我知道身为英国《金融时报》记者指出这一点或许像是一种自利行为。 - A citizen, therefore, has no duty to obey laws, even though he may decide to obey them for self-interested or prudential reasons.
因此,即使公民可以因为自身利益或谨慎的原因而决定服从法律,他却没有服从法律的义务。 - I understand that, of course, but it is a very self-interested view, and fails to recognize the diversity of the Asian-American community.
当然,我理解,但这是一种非常自私的想法,没能认识到美国亚裔群体的多样性。 - Narrowly self-interested behaviour is ultimately self-defeating.
狭隘自私的行为最终会自拆台脚。 - They have self-interested reasons to do so, since the more data their users give them. The more valuable their networks become to advertisers, but it is a good idea nonetheless.
它们这样做虽然有自身利益考虑,因为用户向它们提供的信息越多,它们的网络对广告主就越有价值,但这仍然是一个好主意。 - This paper proposes an explanation for the nature of the firm based on a coalition of self-interested individuals, who constitute the firm.
本文提出了一个有别于目前主流观点的企业理论:企业是一个自利经济人所组成的经济利益联合体。