比selfish更地道的表達方式

本篇文章將討論selfish這個單詞。

這個詞的表達的情感和意義都很強烈。事實上，無論對錯說一個人自私都被認爲是非常侮辱人的。學習這個詞的含義並且保證正確的使用它，這樣就不會有誤解，也不會不小心就冒犯別人。

Selfish means that a person only thinks about him or herself above all others.

Selfish意爲一個人只考慮他自己不考慮別人。

在英語中，有一些同義詞來幫助我們描述這一特點，有一些表達感情更柔和，有一些表達感情同樣強烈。

Synonyms for Selfish:

Selish的同義詞：

Ego

自我

Egomaniac

極端利己主義者

I can’t believe what an egomaniac Chris is!

我真不敢相信克里斯是一個極端利己主義者！

Egotistic

自負的

Katie is so egotistic, she only ever talks about herself, all the time!

凱特是如此的自負，她一直都在談論自己。

Egoistic

以自我爲中心的

I think Harvey is very egoistic, he only does things for himself.

我覺得哈維非常以自我爲中心，他只爲自己做事情。

These words all begin with ego, which is a noun used to describe what each person thinks of him or herself.

這些詞都以ego作爲前綴，這個名詞用來描述別人是怎樣描述他自己/她自己的。

By adding the various suffixes like maniac or centric, we understand these words to mean an individual who thinks very highly of him or herself. Their thoughts are centered on themselves and not others.

通過添加各種後綴，如maniac或者centric，我們瞭解到這些詞意味着一個人對自己的高度評價。他們的想法都集中在他們自己而不是別人身上。

Self

自己

Self-centered

自我中心的

Jane is a very self-centered person.

簡是一個非常以自我爲中心的人。

Self-interested

自私的

Kyle is self-interested, he never asks about anyone else.

凱爾非常自私，他永遠不會問其他人的狀況。

Self-seeking

利己主義，只顧自己

Do you think that Linda is self-seeking? She only calls when she wants something.

你認爲琳達只顧自己嗎？她只在自己需要幫忙的時候打電話。

Self-sparing

自私的

Frank is very self-sparing, he doesn’t do anything for anyone else unless it is of benefit to him.

弗蘭克非常自私，他不爲任何人做事除非這件事對他有利。

Self-absorbed

專於自己利益的，自私的

Tom is so self-absorbed, he hasn’t even noticed we were all crying.

湯姆太自私了，他都沒有注意到我們在哭。

These words all begin with self, similar to ego, self is also a noun used to describe a person’s being different and unique to anyone else.

這些詞都以self作爲前綴，與ego相似，self是一個名詞，用來形容一個人對其他人的態度不一樣。

更多Selfish的同義詞

Narcissistic

自戀的，自我陶醉的

Jessica is obsessed with her looks, she has some narcissistic tendencies I think.

傑西卡癡迷於她的外表，我覺得她有一些自戀傾向。

Out-for-number-one

自私的人

Adam is only-out-for-number-one he doesn’t care about anyone else.

亞當是一個自私的人，他不在意別人。

Conceited

自負的

Craig is so conceited, did you hear how he only spoke about everything he had done?

克雷格太自負了，你聽到他怎麼說他所做的一切了嗎？

Vain

徒勞的，自負的

I can’t believe how vain Tina is! I complimented her new hair style, and then I had to listen to her complain for the next hour about how the hairstylist didn’t do it the right way the first time round.

我真不敢想象蒂娜是如何讓的自負！我讚美了她的新發型，然後我就不得不聽她抱怨一個小時關於她的髮型師上一次是如何沒有做出她想要的髮型的。

No matter what synonym is used, being selfish is not considered a desirable trait to have.

不管用什麼同義詞來替代，自私都不是一個好的品質。

Telling someone that they are acting selfishly, either directly, or indirectly with a synonym, is not likely to produce a happy reply from the person, although it may be necessary to help them correct their unacceptable behavior.

直接告訴某人他的行爲是自私的，或者以一個同義詞來替代間接地告訴某人他的行爲是自私的。雖然這種做法可以幫助他們改掉這種不被人接受的行爲，但是這或許並不能得到一個令人滿意的回覆。

If you ever have to tell someone that they are acting selfishly, a synonym may be useful to soften the blow.

你有直接告訴過某人他們的行爲很自私嗎？你可以用一個同義詞替換來減輕這種心理的衝擊。

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