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 have read hundreds of business memoirs over the decades and many are boastful, self-serving and dull.
  我在过去几十年间阅读了数百本企业家自传，其中许多都自吹自擂、别有所图、令人生厌。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• ( Laughter) And we thought this was a very interesting comment on America, and a kind of self-serving, not my responsibility kind of phenomenon.
  （笑声）我们觉得这是对美国的一种很有趣的评论，一种事不关己、高高挂起，明哲保身的现象。
• While his intentions are to save lived and prevent injuries, this manger is perceived as vindictive, uncaring and self-serving.
  当他的意图将解救居住问题和防止伤害，这一个职员被察觉存有恶意报仇之心，不关心和自私的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Many Argentines are fed up beyond measure with what they see as a corrupt and self-serving political system.
  许多阿根廷人受够了他们所看到的腐败和自私自利的政治体制。
• It has evolved into a self-serving elite; conspicuously, it has no base among the masses.
  党已经演变成一个服务于自身利益的精英集团，明显没有群众基础。