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self-interest

n.利己主义,私利

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self-interest


/,self 'ɪntrɪst; ,sɛlf`ɪntrɪst/
n [U] (concern for) one's own interests or personal advantage 私利; 利己(之心)
*do sth purely from/out of self-interest 纯粹从私利出发做某事.

self-interest


.self-'interest
n[U]
when you only care about what is best for you, and do not care about what is best for other people
 His offer was motivated solely by self-interest.
>self-interestedadj
1. Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places.
    即使是对艺术不感兴趣的人也不会注意到在公共场所展示的现代艺术品。

2. Bonpland´s interest was in botany.
    庞普朗对植物学很感兴趣。

3. By keeping their pupils working unnecessarily long at some little part of the subject, they often weaken their interest in learning the language.
    让学生们在一些细小的方面花去过多的时间反复练习,这往往会减弱他们学习语言的兴趣。

4. When a man is dying, he loses interest in mundane affairs.
    当人快要死时, 他对尘世上的事情就不感兴趣了。

5. If it is really attended by the illumination of another field of interest,
    而且的确受到别的领域的情趣的启迪,

6. We mothers are, each of us, the only person on earth who has quite such an all-consuming interest in our child.
    普天之下做母亲的,无一不是为自己的孩子呕心沥血的。

7. We enter chatting about any little things that we have in common and the white man would sit calmly in his seat, listening to me with interest.
    我们闲谈一些平常的琐事, 白人会安静地坐着,兴味盎然地听着。

8. That was an absorbing book. It held my interest from beginning to end.
    这是一本极有趣的书,从头到尾都让我感到兴致勃勃。

9. These attracted many visitors for they were great architectural interest.
    这些教堂吸引了许多来客,因为它们具有建筑上的趣味.

10. The rate of interest is 5 percent.
    利率是百分之五。

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