- 1自私自利的、只為自己打算的（貶義）
A self-seeking person does things only because those things will give them an advantage other people do not have. The word shows . It is not simply “looking after yourself” — eating, resting, saying no. It is using people, chances, or a group as a ladder. You hear it about , office life, and anyone who always asks “What do I get?” Though actually, the same act can look self-seeking to one person and merely careful to another; the word is a judgement, not a photograph. It is usually an adjective (a self-seeking boss), and it can also name the behaviour (his self-seeking).
「self-seeking」形容只為了自己好處而做事的人，做的事只是因為能帶來別人沒有的好處。這個字帶著不贊同的語氣。它不是單純的照顧自己，例如吃飯、休息或拒絕別人，而是把人、機會或團體當成往上爬的梯子。
這個字常用來形容政治、辦公室，或是總是問「我能得到什麼」的人。它通常當形容詞，形成「a self-seeking + 名詞」的用法，例如「a self-seeking boss」；也可以指這種行為本身，像「his self-seeking」。同樣的行為，有人看了覺得自私，有人覺得只是謹慎，所以這個字是評斷，不是客觀描述。
From the word’s history
self- + seeking.
由 self- 和 seeking 組成。
組成From self- + seeking: seeking things for yourself.
同家族的字
- seekto look for or try to get
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
self-seekingadj
- 1
Mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests.
- 2
governmentmilitarypoliticsThat searches for a target automatically.
self-seekingnoun
- 1
The selfish promotion of one's own interests.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。