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单词 selfness
释义

self /self/

pronoun

Loosely, oneself, myself, himself, etc

noun (pl selves /selvz/ or, of things in one colour or one piece, selfs)
  1. Personality, ego
  2. A side of one's personality
  3. Identity
  4. What one is
  5. Self-interest
  6. A self-coloured plant or animal
  7. A thing (esp a bow) made in one piece
adjective
  1. Very, same, identical (archaic)
  2. Own (archaic)
  3. Uniform in colour
  4. Made in one piece
  5. Made of the same material
transitive verb

To fertilize by the same individual (self-fertilize) or by the same strain (inbreed)

ORIGIN: OE self; Du zelf; Ger selbe, Gothic silba

selfˈhood noun

  1. Personal identity
  2. Existence as a person
  3. Personality
  4. Selfishness (rare)

selfˈie noun (informal)

A photograph of oneself taken by oneself

selfˈing noun (biology)

Self-fertilization or self-pollination

selfˈish adjective

  1. Chiefly or wholly concerned with one's own welfare and interests, usu when accompanied by a disregard for others
  2. Tending to perpetuate or duplicate itself in the genome without affecting the host or phenotype (genetics)

selfˈishly adverb

selfˈishness noun

selfˈism noun

  1. Concentration upon self
  2. The selfish theory of morals, that people act from the consideration of what will give them the most pleasure

selfˈist noun

selfˈless adjective

Having no regard to self, altruistic

selfˈlessly adverb

selfˈlessness noun

selfˈness noun

  1. Egotism
  2. Personality

one self (Shakespeare)

One and the same, one only

one's self see oneself under one

second self see under second1

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