selfishness

'selfiʃnis

托福

n. stinginess resulting from a concern for your own welfare and a disregard of others

n. 自我中心, 利己主义, 任性

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selfishness 由词根 self（自我）和后缀 -ish（带有...性质的）及 -ness（名词后缀，表示状态或性质）组成，整体意思是“自我性质的状态”，即自私的状态。

例句

1. She showed her selfishness by taking the last piece of cake without asking anyone.

她表现出自私，因为在没有询问任何人的情况下拿走了最后一块蛋糕。

2. His selfishness made it difficult for his friends to trust him.

他的自私让朋友们很难信任他。

3. We should learn to put others first instead of giving in to selfishness.

我们应该学会把他人放在第一位，而不是屈服于自私。