selfishness

基本解釋

Selfishness is a detestable quality in anyone.
自私是一種可恨的品質(zhì)。
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It is living for yourself, or we say selfishness.
就是為自己而活，或者我們所說的自私。
But in a state of emancipation, when the entity of Self itself disappears, how can there be selfishness?
因為，在個體獲得解放的狀態(tài)下，他的自我就消失了，自私怎么可能還存在呢？
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The president talked about what he calls the selfishness and irresponsibility on Wall Street and in Washington that resulted in a national economic crisis.
Adam Smith, who is often falsely viewed as a proponent of selfishness and hardheadedness, was quite explicit about the pull this has.
經(jīng)濟學(xué)創(chuàng)立者亞當斯密經(jīng)常被人誤認為,是一個提倡自私和無情的人，但他卻非常明白移情作用。
耶魯公開課 - 心理學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
And here's why. Because this is the No. 1-- equating to selfishness and immorality is the No. 1 cause-- subconsciously mostly, but not only-- No. 1 cause of unhappiness.
這就是為什么，因為這是頭號-,將自私等同于不道德是頭號原因-,多數(shù)是在潛意識里-,導(dǎo)致不快樂的頭號原因。
哈佛公開課 - 幸福課課程節(jié)選

Only incorrigible ideologues persist in spouting the idea that greed and selfishness caused the Great Depression.
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自私
Both Xun Zi and Adam Smith believe selfishness is common human nature, but there are still some differences exist on their prospective on humanity.
荀子與亞當斯密都認為人性是自私的,但他們的人性論還是有不盡相同之處。
法學(xué)
自利性

自利性
Analyzed from the theoretical view, the local government is dual-characteristic: it has both the public spirit and selfishness, and pursuing the maximization of the interest of the local government and official group is the exhibition of its selfishness.
從理論上分析，地方政府具有公共性和自利性兩重性，追求地方政府和官員集團利益最大化是地方政府自利性的表現(xiàn)。
利己性