英语释义

• attempting to get personal recognition for yourself (especially by unacceptable means)

• taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others

片语

Rational Self-Interest理性的自利

Pursuit self-interest追求私欲

expedience私利；权宜；方便

Self-interest orientation功利取向

fiscal self-interest财政自利

corporate self-interest由于企业的自利

self-interest theory自利理论

individualism个人主义；利己主义；个人特征

wise self-interest明智自利

self-interest behavior自利行为

英汉例句

• while it sells itself as a tourist attraction, the smelly fish market has been an exercise in self-interest for decades. see this link for more.

  然而它本身就是旅游景点的卖点，难闻的鱼市场一直是几十年来利己主义的真实写照。

• we cannot accept any librarian’s claim of professionalism without objective evidence because there is an inherent self-interest laying in that claim.

  没有客观证据可以让我们承认图书馆员的专业性，他们的主张中存在着一种固有的利己主义。

• so our desire for your prosperity is not borne out of some nobility. it is in our self-interest that china continue to prosper.

  因此，我们希望你们繁荣，这不是因为出于某种崇高的目的；中国继续繁荣，符合我们自身的利益。

• prisoners cannot communicate with one another. given that neither prisoner knows whether the other has confessed, it is in the self-interest of each to confess himself.

  囚犯是不能相互沟通的，所以他们不知道对方是否认罪了，自身的利益将驱使他们做出各自的选择。

• mr khanna’s faith in enlightened self-interest occasionally strays into wishful thinking.

  肯纳先生启发利己主义的信心偶尔迷失在一厢情愿之中。

• if justice equals self-interest and self-interest requires knowledge, ? well what kind of knowledge is that?

  如果正义等于私利,且私利需要知识，则那是一种什么样的知识？

• avid self-interest is likely to pile up wealth withremarkable speed, though it is likely to amass spectacu- lar poverty at thesame time.

  贪婪的利己主义很可能以非凡的速度累积财富，尽管很可能同时造成巨大的贫穷。

• the celebrated invisible hand theory that smith developed holds that unfettered markets will ultimately channel self-interest to serve the common good.

  斯密所提出的着名的「看不见的手」这一理论认为，完全竞争的市场最终将引导利己主义为公共利益服务。

• they pose plausible reasons why it might be in the self-interest of foreign officials to do so.

  他们提出了一些看起来有理的理由，说明为什么这么做符合这些国家的自我利益。

• but self-interest and sensible policy can cut the odds of trouble.

  但利己主义和明智的政策选择可以减少麻烦发生的几率。

• because it was in their self-interest to do so.

  因为这么做有利于他们自己的利益。

相似词

egoism利己主义，自我主义

相反词

selflessness无私；忘我

unselfishness不自私；慷慨