| 单词 | selfish person |
| 例句 | If their spouse does something positive, it’s a selfish person doing a positive thing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It’s all about trying to reconcile that anxious, addled, selfish person with the fact that someone else needs her now. Lena Dunham on the ‘Girls’ Finale and That Last Shot of Hannah 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z “I wanted a very complicated and ultimately selfish person, not this nice and sweet innocent.” ‘Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire’: Old Monsters, New Blood 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z But the drugs turned him into a miserable, selfish person. 76 minutes with … John Lydon 2012-05-31T20:30:00Z For instance, in a typically thwarted moment of humility, Lydia “thinks what a selfish person she is, but thinks it luxuriantly.” Review | In Tessa Hadley’s new novel, death mixes everybody up 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z He’s the most selfish person I know while extolling himself any chance he gets as a model of generosity. I’m doing my ex again — why? 2013-04-29T00:00:00Z In his second lesson, Williams describes how his solo hit “Happy” made him a less selfish person — because he’d made a song that made others genuinely happy, and then watched as it became hugely successful. What Can You Learn from a Celebrity Masterclass on Empathy? 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z In an interview with The Guardian, Crosby opened up about their willingness to get political about certain issues and said in his estimation, Young is the most "selfish person I know." David Crosby calls Neil Young the most ‘selfish’ person he’s ever met 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z “It’s not some selfish person who doesn’t want to wear a mask,” Carrillo said. Nurses fear what’s to come: ‘Walk down our unit for a day’ 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z “I feel like I’m a selfish person,” he said. Behrouz Boochani Just Wants to Be Free 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z “For him, it was about helping as many people as possible. And when he told me those stories, I’d look at him and think, ‘I am the most selfish person in the world.’” ‘We are reeling’: Coronavirus kills two Riverside sheriff’s deputies in 24 hours 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The Taekwondo instructor said the "selfish person" needed to come forward as the situation was "destroying the family". 'Potential sightings' after Leah Croucher appeal 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z Speaking at a police press conference, Mr Croucher said the "selfish person" needed to come forward as the disappearance was "destroying the family". Man 'hiding information on missing Leah Croucher' 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z One suit says to the other: “Here I was, all this time, worrying that maybe I’m a selfish person, and now it turns out I’ve been suffering from compassion fatigue.” Is compassion fatigue inevitable in an age of 24-hour news? 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z “I really wasn’t a selfish person, so that probably helped me become the person I am today.” A former linebacker with ‘the spirit of a warrior’ is one of D.C.’s top girls’ hoops stars 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z “I’m just a selfish person. All I care about is making money,” she said. Their Sons Sought a More Democratic Hong Kong, and Got Prison 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z “I am not a selfish person,” he said. One of the few places where a communist can still dream 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z "Donald Trump focuses on his business and his money and his family. What a selfish person!" Clinton Takes Debate Victory Lap in North Carolina 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z “I just watched over my brother and sister and made sure everything was taken care of until my mom got home. I didn’t mind; I’ve never been a selfish person.” Darian Thompson, Giants Rookie, Emerges as Likely Starter at Free Safety 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z But compared with Vikas, a sour, selfish person in a sympathetic predicament, Malik, whose position is repugnant, is a genuinely sympathetic character. An Intimate Novel of a Terror Attack 2016-04-04T04:00:00Z “I wonder if it shows a selfishness of the people of our nation, because I see Donald Trump as a very selfish person,” added Anne Marie, a homeschooling mother and ministry blogger. SC GOP voters size up Trump, rest of 2016 field 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z “A selfish person killed you both,” Eagleson said, reading from a letter she said was written to her unborn baby. 15-year prison sentence for man who killed O.C. bicyclist 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z And that he is also a bullheaded, callous, self-centered and often selfish person,” she said. For Russell Brand chronicler, a brush with the combustible 2015-10-03T04:00:00Z She told me the only reason she vaccinated initially, despite feeling uneasy about it, was that she was not a selfish person. 15 Myths About Anti-Vaxxers, Debunked - Part 2 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z It doesn’t mean you’re a bad person, a weak person, or a selfish person. Reflections on Postpartum Depression and Recovery 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z “I wonder if it shows a selfishness of the people of our nation, because I see Donald Trump as a very selfish person,” added Anne Marie, a homeschooling mother and ministry blogger. SC GOP voters size up Trump, rest of 2016 field 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z For me he is a selfish person, very egocentric. Gus Poyet fuming after excrement found in Crystal Palace dressing room 2013-05-18T18:02:24Z When it is offered by a selfish person, apparently. Monkeys Stay Away from Mean People 2013-03-05T21:15:00.710Z "If you think he's a selfish person who's out for the rich, you can still think he's a confident, comfortable, genial executive who fires you with a smile," he said. Analysis: Romney scores in debate, but will it be enough? 2012-10-04T06:25:47Z The man was middle-aged, feeble of body and mind, a stupid and a selfish person; but it seemed that he would assure the future of his wife and provide a comfortable home for his mother-in-law. Mrs. Thompson A Novel 2012-04-25T02:01:10.557Z We must acknowledge that excessive virtue cannot be recommended to the selfish person upon grounds intelligible to him. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z A selfish person, young or old, can never be happy. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z I certainly never have met a selfish person who was sincere, have you? Notwithstanding 2011-10-19T02:00:22.340Z A selfish person suffers insignificant wounds, for his shallow love is generated only toward himself; however, when one is able to extend his love and concern beyond himself, the pain is much deeper. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z He knew Mrs. Mynors as a lovely, vain, shallow and selfish person, who all her life had lived for her own amusement. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z Don't think of me as a coward, or an utterly selfish person! The Golden Web 2011-01-15T03:00:38.007Z I'm not a selfish person and it's not always about me. D-backs beat Dodgers in Gibson?s managerial debut 2010-07-03T05:15:00Z Oh dear, what an impossibly selfish person I am! The Red Cross Girls with Pershing to Victory "I'm not sure, but I fancy you are the most selfish person I have ever met." The Guarded Heights Nobody can be fond of a selfish person. Harper's Round Table, October 29, 1895 This selfish person is also very stupid, for nothing so augments conversation as a normal interest in other people. Conversation What to Say and How to Say it The unpopular player is nearly always a selfish person, one who disregards rules or tries to win unfairly. Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium The selfish person is therefore continually coming in conflict with others; and, as impediments are thrown in the way of his gratification, his passions are roused. Anecdotes for Boys Mrs. Peyton appears to me to be a wholly selfish person; a thing rarely met with in such entirety. Fernley House She was, as I have shown, a very selfish girl, and not by any means of a good disposition; indeed, I should say, that no selfish person could be. Aunt Mary If the witty man were not usually a selfish person, who will not exhibit his talent without the reward of full and leisurely appreciation, this is the real moment to show his powers. Conversation What to Say and How to Say it I am an extremely selfish person who never bothers about such little things as mere 'taking turns.' Grace Harlowe's Golden Summer I’m the most selfish person that ever lived. Grace Harlowe's Problem I wish from my heart, that some selfish persons whom I could name would go to the dogs. Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match A selfish person never willingly makes the smallest sacrifice of feeling or interest to promote the welfare or happiness of others. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister For Julius, like all selfish persons, could perceive only one side of a question, the side that touched his own side. The Squire of Sandal-Side A Pastoral Romance The selfish person is always willing to receive favours, but to the generous "it is more blessed to give than to receive." The Nest in the Honeysuckles, and other Stories The artist is one kind of man and the philanthropist another; the artist is a selfish person whom we like, and the philanthropist an unselfish person whom we do not like. Essays on Art I have been a very selfish person all my life. The Lighted Way You might as well walk for pleasure in a grove of thorn-bushes, or seek repose on a bed of nettles, as to look for comfort in the society of selfish persons. A Practical Directory for Young Christian Females Being a Series of Letters from a Brother to a Younger Sister I do think you are the most selfish person I know. The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town "The most inconsiderate, selfish person on earth is Raymond," she said as a servant brought her two letters, neither from the sinner. The Spinners I had always," mused Diana, "looked on my cousin as a carefully selfish person, even in the matter of that Dance woman. Lady Good-for-Nothing The sight is an awful one, and people shrink from a very selfish person at last, as from a beast of prey. Light On The Path and Through the Gates of Gold Miss Deane was both insincere and a thoroughly selfish person, caring nothing for the comfort or happiness of others. Elsie's Kith and Kin I have impressed you as a thoroughly selfish person—you have told me that—and so far as my immediate environment is concerned, I have been, and am. Queed All the education in the world cannot make selfish persons unselfish; but it can surely implant in them some sense of duty. Some Private Views The selfish person who does operate the laws, does so by overbalancing his selfishness with some other great virtue. The Silence: What It Is and How To Use It In the meantime, like all selfish persons, I considered what demeanor I should assume, in order to impress my grandmother with a conviction of my own consequence. A Grandmother's Recollections Little acts in themselves, but great when we consider that they were those of an habitually cold and selfish person. Emilie the Peacemaker It follows, also, that no vain or selfish person can possibly paint, in the noble sense of the word. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 34, August, 1860 To walk over them, you will live in constant fear of sickness, and selfish persons will seek to usurp your place in your companion's life. Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition Like every extremely selfish person she was a coward in her soul. Her Father's Daughter An unconscious, easy, selfish person shocks less, and is more easily loved, than one who is laboriously and egotistically unselfish. Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial I only remember that Mr. Lovel was a very selfish person, and that he has lost his estate and gone down in the world. The Lovels of Arden When two selfish persons meet on opposite sides of a counter, there rises between them a sort of antagonism. Lessons in Life A Series of Familiar Essays You mean," that lady broke out, with unhesitating candor, "that she is also a very selfish person. In and out of Three Normady Inns "Rise, You are not the grasping, selfish person you have been represented." Windsor Castle Let two such selfish persons get together, a permanent riot is assured. Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes To be sure, they had as much right to take government land as had he or any of his friends—but Andy, being a normally selfish person, did not think so. The Flying U's Last Stand By one of the hallucinations peculiar to selfish persons, the count had not the slightest idea of the misery he caused. The Lily of the Valley To me, to myself, to my own future, to my own happiness the rest is very slight, and I never pretend to be anything else but a very selfish person. Kingdom of the Blind As one grows up, if he is allowed to have his own way regardless of the rights and privileges of others, he becomes a selfish person, and his parents are to blame. Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes A selfish person in the home plans for his own comfort, decides and acts as he wishes, and seeks to satisfy his own desires. Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes |
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