比selfish更地道的表达方式

本篇文章将讨论selfish这个单词。

这个词的表达的情感和意义都很强烈。事实上，无论对错说一个人自私都被认为是非常侮辱人的。学习这个词的含义并且保证正确的使用它，这样就不会有误解，也不会不小心就冒犯别人。

Selfish means that a person only thinks about him or herself above all others.

Selfish意为一个人只考虑他自己不考虑别人。

在英语中，有一些同义词来帮助我们描述这一特点，有一些表达感情更柔和，有一些表达感情同样强烈。

Synonyms for Selfish:

Selish的同义词：

Ego

自我

Egomaniac

极端利己主义者

I can’t believe what an egomaniac Chris is!

我真不敢相信克里斯是一个极端利己主义者！

Egotistic

自负的

Katie is so egotistic, she only ever talks about herself, all the time!

凯特是如此的自负，她一直都在谈论自己。

Egoistic

以自我为中心的

I think Harvey is very egoistic, he only does things for himself.

我觉得哈维非常以自我为中心，他只为自己做事情。

These words all begin with ego, which is a noun used to describe what each person thinks of him or herself.

这些词都以ego作为前缀，这个名词用来描述别人是怎样描述他自己/她自己的。

By adding the various suffixes like maniac or centric, we understand these words to mean an individual who thinks very highly of him or herself. Their thoughts are centered on themselves and not others.

通过添加各种后缀，如maniac或者centric，我们了解到这些词意味着一个人对自己的高度评价。他们的想法都集中在他们自己而不是别人身上。

Self

自己

Self-centered

自我中心的

Jane is a very self-centered person.

简是一个非常以自我为中心的人。

Self-interested

自私的

Kyle is self-interested, he never asks about anyone else.

凯尔非常自私，他永远不会问其他人的状况。

Self-seeking

利己主义，只顾自己

Do you think that Linda is self-seeking? She only calls when she wants something.

你认为琳达只顾自己吗？她只在自己需要帮忙的时候打电话。

Self-sparing

自私的

Frank is very self-sparing, he doesn’t do anything for anyone else unless it is of benefit to him.

弗兰克非常自私，他不为任何人做事除非这件事对他有利。

Self-absorbed

专于自己利益的，自私的

Tom is so self-absorbed, he hasn’t even noticed we were all crying.

汤姆太自私了，他都没有注意到我们在哭。

These words all begin with self, similar to ego, self is also a noun used to describe a person’s being different and unique to anyone else.

这些词都以self作为前缀，与ego相似，self是一个名词，用来形容一个人对其他人的态度不一样。

更多Selfish的同义词

Narcissistic

自恋的，自我陶醉的

Jessica is obsessed with her looks, she has some narcissistic tendencies I think.

杰西卡痴迷于她的外表，我觉得她有一些自恋倾向。

Out-for-number-one

自私的人

Adam is only-out-for-number-one he doesn’t care about anyone else.

亚当是一个自私的人，他不在意别人。

Conceited

自负的

Craig is so conceited, did you hear how he only spoke about everything he had done?

克雷格太自负了，你听到他怎么说他所做的一切了吗？

Vain

徒劳的，自负的

I can’t believe how vain Tina is! I complimented her new hair style, and then I had to listen to her complain for the next hour about how the hairstylist didn’t do it the right way the first time round.

我真不敢想象蒂娜是如何让的自负！我赞美了她的新发型，然后我就不得不听她抱怨一个小时关于她的发型师上一次是如何没有做出她想要的发型的。

No matter what synonym is used, being selfish is not considered a desirable trait to have.

不管用什么同义词来替代，自私都不是一个好的品质。

Telling someone that they are acting selfishly, either directly, or indirectly with a synonym, is not likely to produce a happy reply from the person, although it may be necessary to help them correct their unacceptable behavior.

直接告诉某人他的行为是自私的，或者以一个同义词来替代间接地告诉某人他的行为是自私的。虽然这种做法可以帮助他们改掉这种不被人接受的行为，但是这或许并不能得到一个令人满意的回复。

If you ever have to tell someone that they are acting selfishly, a synonym may be useful to soften the blow.

你有直接告诉过某人他们的行为很自私吗？你可以用一个同义词替换来减轻这种心理的冲击。

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