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TOEFL BNC: 6992 COCA: 7386

selfish

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
selfish /ˈsɛlfɪʃ/ adjective
selfish
/ˈsɛlfɪʃ/
adjective
Learner's definition of SELFISH
[more selfish; most selfish] disapproving
: having or showing concern only for yourself and not for the needs or feelings of other people自私自利的;利己的

— selfishly

adverb

— selfishness

noun [noncount]
TOEFL BNC: 6992 COCA: 7386

selfish

adjective

self·​ish ˈsel-fish How to pronounce selfish (audio)
1
: concerned excessively or exclusively with oneself : seeking or concentrating on one's own advantage, pleasure, or well-being without regard for others
2
: arising from concern with one's own welfare or advantage in disregard of others
a selfish act
3
: being an actively replicating repetitive sequence of nucleic acid that serves no known function
selfish DNA
also : being genetic material solely concerned with its own replication
selfish genes

Example Sentences

She's interested only in her own selfish concerns. I wish he'd spend less time with his friends and more time with me. Am I being selfish?
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Word History

First Known Use

1628, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of selfish was in 1628
TOEFL BNC: 6992 COCA: 7386
selfish

adjective

VERBS | ADVERB VERBSbe, feel, seem, sound自私;覺得自私;好像自私;聽起來自私I know I'm being selfish, but I can't help it.我知道這樣做很自私,但又無法控制自己。become變得自私ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/頗為/非常自私a very selfish attitude非常自私的態度incredibly令人難以置信地自私completely, entirely, purely, totally, utterly完全自私;徹頭徹尾地自私;十足地自私These people are completely selfish.這些人自私透頂。a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些自私

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