| 单词 | self-seeker |
| 释义 | self-seeker (once / 128471 pages) n WORD FAMILY seeker: seekers, self-seeker+/seek: seeker, seeking, seeks/seeking: seekings, self-seeking USAGE EXAMPLESThere are other types,—the schemer and the self-seeker, whose matrimonial ventures are only intended to advance worldly interests. Swan, Annie S. (Annie Shepherd), Courtship and Marriage—And the Gent...(2011) He was no greedy self-seeker, and despised the avenues whereby many of his contemporaries advanced to wealth and position. Dent, John Charles, The Canadian Portrait Gallery - Vol...(2011) He had been a self-seeker of that notorious kind that achieves worldly success without much thought for others. Blackwood, Algernon, The Promise of Air(2011) n a person who places expediency above principle Syn|Hypo|Hyper opportunist backscratcher someone who is willing to trade favors or services for mutual advantage bottom feederan opportunist who profits from the misfortunes of others carpetbaggeran outsider who seeks power or success presumptuously hustler, operator, wheeler dealera shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties timeserverone who conforms to current ways and opinions for personal advantage wire-pullerone who uses secret influence (i.e. pulls wires or strings) for his own ends selfish person a person who is unusually selfish |
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