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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.
Selfishness「Selfishness」 is是 the name for用來稱呼的名詞 that way of caring only about yourself那種只顧自己的態度 It它 is是 a noun個名詞 so it is a thing所以是...的東西 you can have, show, or fight你可以擁有、表現出來，或對抗 her selfishness surprised me「her selfishness surprised me」（她的自私讓我很驚訝）
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.
People大家 use it用這個詞 with a frown的時候通常帶著皺眉的表情 You will meet it你會遇到它 in school talks about sharing在學校談分享的場合 in news about people who will not help在報導不肯幫忙的人的新聞裡 and in stories where a character has to change還有角色必須改變的故事裡
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.
It它 is a little more careful比稍微含蓄一點 than just saying 'he is so selfish'比起直接說「he is so selfish」 but it is not a rare word但也不是個罕見的詞 Though actually不過實際上 we all look after ourselves a bit我們每個人多少都會照顧自己一點 English still saves selfishness英文把 selfishness 這個詞留給 for when that care goes too far那種照顧自己照顧過了頭的情況 and other people get hurt or left out讓別人受傷或被冷落
Do not use it as an adjective — that form is selfish.
Do not use it不要把它 as an adjective當形容詞用 that form is selfish形容詞的形式是 selfish
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，原文照列，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/
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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.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。