Definition of self-involved in English:

self-involved

adjective sɛlfɪnˈvɒlvd

Wrapped up in oneself or one's own thoughts.
Example sentencesExamples
- A self-involved or pessimistic man is especially bad.
- Most people are so focused on their careers these days and so self-involved.
- The writer's protagonists dramatize this possibility: they are self-involved, troubled dreamers wielding therapeutic scalpels on themselves.
- He is a very self-involved, vain, voyeuristic, childlike, power-hungry but brilliant guy.
- The film has a self-involved man returning to his rural family homestead after learning that his father has died.
- I dreamt I'd got so self-involved that my friends decided to teach me a lesson and I had to barricade myself into my house.
- When everyone stops being so self-involved and realizes we are all in this together things may actually work out.
- I must have been so self-involved to think that everyone was looking at me instead of enjoying themselves.
- ‘I was,’ I said, ‘but he turned out to be a self-involved jerk and broke up with me.’
- If there was one thing everyday Americans didn't want to hear, it was self-involved celebrities trashing the president.
- We'll get back to the usual self-involved fluff tomorrow.
- Many therapists have been told that they are more sensitive, intelligent and compassionate than the patient's callous, self-involved, demanding and critical spouse.
- Seriously, I am self-involved enough at this point to be quite sure that we are entertaining all those boats and all those people in the gardens.
- He's horribly self-involved, yet he probably imagines that he's trying to save the world.
- He's a self-involved narcissist who cares only about whether he's on a coin or not.
- Worse still, it feels like a self-involved exercise - not a terrifically interesting one for the audience.
- Just to show how garish, intrusive, and self-involved advertisers can be, these corporate milk giants are actually trying to promote their promotion.
- The world of the vital has escaped our fiction, to be replaced by the world of the trivial and self-involved.
- Sometimes I look at her when she is acting like a true pre-teen girl, whining and crying one minute and screaming in anger the next, dramatic and annoying and so self-involved it's scary.
- It is surprising when the self-involved members of this family are drawn together by their concern for their mother when her health falters as a result of cosmetic surgery.

Derivatives

self-involvement

noun ˌsɛlfɪnˈvɒlvm(ə)ntˌsɛlfɪnˈvɑlvmənt

mass noun

The quality of being wrapped up in oneself or one's own thoughts.
the characters display a limitless self-involvement
Example sentencesExamples
- adolescent self-involvement
- When I think of your photography I don't perceive too much self-involvement or self-portraits.
- Paranoid and timid where the other is swollen with self-involvement, its principle preoccupation is with questions that are larger and darker than simple romantic misfortune.
- Her speechifying was made fun of, and her black and white, self-righteous attitude grew out of her own long-running self-involvement; it was very obviously intended as a character flaw.

Definition of self-involved in US English:

self-involved

adjectiveinˈvôlvd

Wrapped up in oneself or one's own thoughts.
Example sentencesExamples
- It is surprising when the self-involved members of this family are drawn together by their concern for their mother when her health falters as a result of cosmetic surgery.
- I dreamt I'd got so self-involved that my friends decided to teach me a lesson and I had to barricade myself into my house.
- We'll get back to the usual self-involved fluff tomorrow.
- The world of the vital has escaped our fiction, to be replaced by the world of the trivial and self-involved.
- ‘I was,’ I said, ‘but he turned out to be a self-involved jerk and broke up with me.’
- A self-involved or pessimistic man is especially bad.
- He's a self-involved narcissist who cares only about whether he's on a coin or not.
- The writer's protagonists dramatize this possibility: they are self-involved, troubled dreamers wielding therapeutic scalpels on themselves.
- Just to show how garish, intrusive, and self-involved advertisers can be, these corporate milk giants are actually trying to promote their promotion.
- Worse still, it feels like a self-involved exercise - not a terrifically interesting one for the audience.
- Many therapists have been told that they are more sensitive, intelligent and compassionate than the patient's callous, self-involved, demanding and critical spouse.
- I must have been so self-involved to think that everyone was looking at me instead of enjoying themselves.
- Most people are so focused on their careers these days and so self-involved.
- Seriously, I am self-involved enough at this point to be quite sure that we are entertaining all those boats and all those people in the gardens.
- He's horribly self-involved, yet he probably imagines that he's trying to save the world.
- When everyone stops being so self-involved and realizes we are all in this together things may actually work out.
- Sometimes I look at her when she is acting like a true pre-teen girl, whining and crying one minute and screaming in anger the next, dramatic and annoying and so self-involved it's scary.
- If there was one thing everyday Americans didn't want to hear, it was self-involved celebrities trashing the president.
- The film has a self-involved man returning to his rural family homestead after learning that his father has died.
- He is a very self-involved, vain, voyeuristic, childlike, power-hungry but brilliant guy.

单词	self-involved
释义	Definition of self-involved in English: self-involved adjective sɛlfɪnˈvɒlvd Wrapped up in oneself or one's own thoughts. Example sentencesExamples A self-involved or pessimistic man is especially bad. Most people are so focused on their careers these days and so self-involved. The writer's protagonists dramatize this possibility: they are self-involved, troubled dreamers wielding therapeutic scalpels on themselves. He is a very self-involved, vain, voyeuristic, childlike, power-hungry but brilliant guy. The film has a self-involved man returning to his rural family homestead after learning that his father has died. I dreamt I'd got so self-involved that my friends decided to teach me a lesson and I had to barricade myself into my house. When everyone stops being so self-involved and realizes we are all in this together things may actually work out. I must have been so self-involved to think that everyone was looking at me instead of enjoying themselves. ‘I was,’ I said, ‘but he turned out to be a self-involved jerk and broke up with me.’ If there was one thing everyday Americans didn't want to hear, it was self-involved celebrities trashing the president. We'll get back to the usual self-involved fluff tomorrow. Many therapists have been told that they are more sensitive, intelligent and compassionate than the patient's callous, self-involved, demanding and critical spouse. Seriously, I am self-involved enough at this point to be quite sure that we are entertaining all those boats and all those people in the gardens. He's horribly self-involved, yet he probably imagines that he's trying to save the world. He's a self-involved narcissist who cares only about whether he's on a coin or not. Worse still, it feels like a self-involved exercise - not a terrifically interesting one for the audience. Just to show how garish, intrusive, and self-involved advertisers can be, these corporate milk giants are actually trying to promote their promotion. The world of the vital has escaped our fiction, to be replaced by the world of the trivial and self-involved. Sometimes I look at her when she is acting like a true pre-teen girl, whining and crying one minute and screaming in anger the next, dramatic and annoying and so self-involved it's scary. It is surprising when the self-involved members of this family are drawn together by their concern for their mother when her health falters as a result of cosmetic surgery. Derivatives self-involvement noun ˌsɛlfɪnˈvɒlvm(ə)ntˌsɛlfɪnˈvɑlvmənt mass noun The quality of being wrapped up in oneself or one's own thoughts. the characters display a limitless self-involvement Example sentencesExamples adolescent self-involvement When I think of your photography I don't perceive too much self-involvement or self-portraits. Paranoid and timid where the other is swollen with self-involvement, its principle preoccupation is with questions that are larger and darker than simple romantic misfortune. Her speechifying was made fun of, and her black and white, self-righteous attitude grew out of her own long-running self-involvement; it was very obviously intended as a character flaw. Definition of self-involved in US English: self-involved adjectiveinˈvôlvd Wrapped up in oneself or one's own thoughts. Example sentencesExamples It is surprising when the self-involved members of this family are drawn together by their concern for their mother when her health falters as a result of cosmetic surgery. I dreamt I'd got so self-involved that my friends decided to teach me a lesson and I had to barricade myself into my house. We'll get back to the usual self-involved fluff tomorrow. The world of the vital has escaped our fiction, to be replaced by the world of the trivial and self-involved. ‘I was,’ I said, ‘but he turned out to be a self-involved jerk and broke up with me.’ A self-involved or pessimistic man is especially bad. He's a self-involved narcissist who cares only about whether he's on a coin or not. The writer's protagonists dramatize this possibility: they are self-involved, troubled dreamers wielding therapeutic scalpels on themselves. Just to show how garish, intrusive, and self-involved advertisers can be, these corporate milk giants are actually trying to promote their promotion. Worse still, it feels like a self-involved exercise - not a terrifically interesting one for the audience. Many therapists have been told that they are more sensitive, intelligent and compassionate than the patient's callous, self-involved, demanding and critical spouse. I must have been so self-involved to think that everyone was looking at me instead of enjoying themselves. Most people are so focused on their careers these days and so self-involved. Seriously, I am self-involved enough at this point to be quite sure that we are entertaining all those boats and all those people in the gardens. He's horribly self-involved, yet he probably imagines that he's trying to save the world. When everyone stops being so self-involved and realizes we are all in this together things may actually work out. Sometimes I look at her when she is acting like a true pre-teen girl, whining and crying one minute and screaming in anger the next, dramatic and annoying and so self-involved it's scary. If there was one thing everyday Americans didn't want to hear, it was self-involved celebrities trashing the president. The film has a self-involved man returning to his rural family homestead after learning that his father has died. He is a very self-involved, vain, voyeuristic, childlike, power-hungry but brilliant guy.
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