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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Some evidence suggests that people with depression have very low self-serving bias& they think everything is their fault.
  有证据表明，得忧郁症的人缺乏自利偏见，他们觉得所有的问题都是自己造成的。
• Mr. Perry acknowledges that his notes were cordial but may have sounded too self-serving.
  佩里承认他发送的信息都挺诚恳的，但可能听起来有点自私。
• 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。
• And yet even our most self-serving actions can be justified to ourselves.
  然而，即便是做了哪些最为自私的事情，人们也能找到理由为自己开脱。