- 1自私（名詞）
Selfishness is the name for that way of caring only about yourself. It is a noun, so it is a thing you can have, show, or fight: her selfishness surprised me. People use it with a . You will meet it in school talks about sharing, in news about people who will not help, and in stories where a character has to change. It is a little more careful than just saying 'he is so selfish', but it is not a rare word. Though actually we all look after ourselves a bit; English still saves selfishness for when that care goes too far and other people get hurt or left out. Do not use it as an adjective — that form is selfish.
From the word’s history
From selfish + -ness.
selfish（自私的）加 -ness（名詞字尾）。
組成selfish + -ness (turns the adjective into a noun: the quality).
同家族的字
- selfishselfishness is the noun for being selfish
原始詞典資料1 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。
selfishnessnoun/ˈsɛl.fɪʃ.nəs/
- 1
The quality of being selfish, the condition of putting one's own interests before those of others.
- This common faith or set of aspirations, he added, could also help Americans transcend their selfishnesses and follies and promote a world civil religion given to justice and hope.
- And he knows that Patrick can afford to complain about his mother’s minor selfishness but he cannot afford to engage with the idea of his own father at all.
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。