Narcissism is when someone is too in love with themselves — their looks, their talent, their story — and spends too much time looking at that, in a way other people do not like. We use the word to show we disapprove.

Narcissism它 is when someone is too in love with themselves是指一個人太愛自己 their looks, their talent, their story自己的外表、才華、故事 and spends too much time looking at that花太多時間盯著那些看 in a way other people do not like看到別人都覺得受不了 We我們 use the word用這個字 to show we disapprove是為了表示不贊同

It comes from an old Greek story: a beautiful young man called Narcissus saw his own face in a pool of water, could not stop looking, and was ruined by that love of himself.

It它 comes from an old Greek story來自一個古希臘的故事 a beautiful young man called Narcissus一個叫納西瑟斯的美少年 saw his own face in a pool of water在水池裡看見自己的臉 could not stop looking怎麼樣都停不下來 and was ruined by that love of himself最後被那份對自己的愛毀了

Doctors and psychologists also use narcissism as a more careful word for a deep pattern of needing praise and not feeling much for other people.

Doctors and psychologists醫生和心理學家 also use narcissism as a more careful word也會用narcissism來指一種比較嚴謹的說法 for a deep pattern of needing praise and not feeling much for other people指一個人深層地需要被稱讚、又對別人沒什麼感覺的模式

In ordinary English, though, it is often just a sharp way to say you are so vain. It sounds rather formal; in easy chat people might say he is so into himself.

In ordinary English, though不過在一般英文裡 it它 is often just a sharp way to say you are so vain常常只是比較尖銳地說你很愛慕虛榮 It它 sounds rather formal聽起來相當正式 in easy chat輕鬆聊天時 people might say大家可能會說 he is so into himselfhe is so into himself（他很自戀／很自我）