self-centered

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Egotistically obsessed with oneself. US
  2. Concerned or relating to the self, and not necessarily the greater good of one's group, community, tribe, etc.; individualistic. US
    — [A]nd that one great and all-important occasion and provocative of these beliefs was actually the rise of self-consciousness — that is, the coming of the mind to a more or less distinct awareness of itself and of its own operation, and the consequent development and growth of Individualism, and of the Self-centred attitude in human thought and action.

词形变化

more self-centered comparative most self-centered superlative self-centred alternative,UK

词汇关系

衍生词
self-centeredness
相关词
self-absorbed

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English centered
English self-centered
From self- + centered.
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