单词 | self-seeking |
释义 | self-seeking (once / 6766 pages) adjn WORD FAMILY seeking: seekings, self-seeking+/seek: seeker, seeking, seeks/seeker: seekers, self-seeker USAGE EXAMPLESThere is an assumption, in both campaigns, that we are self-seeking creatures, rather than also loving, serving, hoping, dreaming, cooperating creatures. Seattle Times(Oct 01, 2016) I have the past 10 years been its critic on wars and immigration, on the establishment’s self-seeking and failures of imagination. Wall Street Journal(Mar 04, 2016) They "are the most self-centered, self-seeking, self-interested, self-absorbed, self-indulgent, self-aggrandizing generation in American history." Washington Post(Nov 06, 2015) 1adj interested only in yourself Syn self-serving selfish concerned chiefly or only with yourself and your advantage to the exclusion of others 2n taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others Syn|Hyper expedience, opportunism, self-interest selfishness stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others |
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