selfish
自私
definition
adjective
I joined them for selfish reasons
(of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.
translation of 'selfish'
adjective
私,
自私
example
In my last conversation with my Grandmother before she died she called me 'selfish' .
For Scotland's only representative in the game's biggest tournament, the motives are purely 'selfish' .
My reason for being pro-choice is kind of 'selfish' in a way.
She was also starting to think that maybe she was a bit too 'selfish' towards him.
I gave a bittersweet sigh and tried not to feel 'selfish' about the situation.
Since no crime has been committed in the absence of a 'selfish' motive, these are mostly open and shut cases.
My 'selfish' desires had led me into betraying this withdrawn and deeply religious family.
Although he had to admit it seemed 'selfish' , he couldn't tell her.
When I had the second, I realised it was a bit 'selfish' .
Try to protest that the government is ruining your health with its 'selfish' pleasures and see how far you get!
Sometimes I feel too 'selfish' , and other times I feel too selfless.
Her girls, she says, are less 'selfish' after their week away.
She felt a bit envious momentarily before she brushed it off, feeling 'selfish' .
His determination and the will to win make him 'selfish' on the ice.
Call me 'selfish' , but I wanted to leave my mark on a true original.
I realized then that what I had said sounded incredibly 'selfish' , yet I did not speak up.
To do good deeds simply to obtain good karma would be to act from a 'selfish' motive, and would not earn much merit.
I suppose one could say that we are 'selfish' in this way.
The consumer is encouraged to feel that the transaction is less 'selfish' , on both sides, than normal.
They said society believed that they did a lucrative job for purely 'selfish' reasons.
In an era dominated by greed and 'selfishness' , they acted with phenomenal selflessness.
His examples from the past reveal that greed, hubris and 'selfishness' often impeded recognition of a problem until it was too late.
As a manifestation of petty 'selfishness' and greed such meanness is hard to credit.
My only fear is that I won't live long enough to be a father or 'selfishly' that I won't live long enough for them to remember me.
While people 'selfishly' keep reptiles for their own amusement these animals will continue to suffer and the problem of pet-linked disease in humans will continue.
If people were prepared to be a little more courteous and patient instead of panicking and driving 'selfishly' , many of the gridlock problems would not have happened.
Man is 'selfishly' depleting the natural resources.
I thought being human was all about goodness and sharing, not about greed and 'selfishness' .
It is based upon greed and 'selfishness' and the only god is profit, regardless.
For the moment, completely 'selfishly' and setting politics aside, my main feeling is that I'm glad I don't work or live in a building that calls attention to itself.
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