| 释义 |
self-servingˌself-ˈserving adjective   - a self-serving political maneuver
- A very self-serving philosophy, albeit dubious mathematics.
- Curtiss draws a picture of a sensual, self-serving middle-aged woman who wields power as well as influence.
- Everybody outside the financially secure, self-serving and blinkered Cabinet.
- Hartley wrote the book on self-serving.
- Like Pareto, Burnham argued that Marxism was the self-serving ideology of an insurgent working class elite.
- Since Schoenberg's day, modernism has has not been averse to self-serving diatribes.
- The decentralized authority A strategy of decentralization would appear to answer the critics of monolithic bureaux and self-serving power and resources maximizers.
► selfish thinking only about what you need or want, and not thinking about how other people feel or what other people want – used especially when criticizing a person or their behaviour: · Amy, don’t be selfish. Let the others have a turn.· 'I’m not doing this for selfish reasons,' he said.· It was a very selfish thing to do. ► egocentric (also self-centred British English, self-centered American English) believing that what you do and think is the most important thing, and not paying attention to what anyone else thinks or does – used when describing someone’s personality: · Teenagers can be highly egocentric, and sometimes find it difficult to see another person’s point of view.· Children start off as self-centred little beings and they do not naturally think of the other person. ► egotistical believing that you are better or more important than other people: · Like many famous writers I’ve met, he was arrogant and egotistical.· He’s just another young player who has gone out of control in the increasingly egotistical world of professional sports. ► self-serving only thinking of getting advantages for yourself: · People’s fears are exaggerated by self-serving politicians.· They described the report as ‘self-serving and contradictory’. ► think of nobody but yourself (also only think about yourself) to only think of what you want to do, and not consider what other people want – often used when criticizing someone who does this: · The trouble with Alan is that he thinks of nobody but himself.· Before I had children, I only thought about myself and what I wanted. ► it’s always me me me! informal used when criticizing someone for being selfish: · It’s always me, me, me with you and I have had enough. I don’t need this – you’re welcome to yourself, my dear. showing that you will only do something if it will gain you an advantage – used to show disapproval:  self-serving politicians |