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单词 self-interest
释义
self-interest
noun[U]
uk
/ˌselfˈɪn.tər.est/us
/ˌselfˈɪn.t̬ɚ.est/
theactofconsideringtheadvantageto yourself when makingdecisions, anddecidingto do what isbestfor you:
私利；利己
The company'sdonationwassurelymotivatedbyself-interest, as itattracteda lot ofmediaattention.公司的捐款一定是受到了私利的驱使，因为吸引了很多媒体的关注。
Synonym
egoistic
Opposite
altruism
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self-interested
(Definition ofself-interestfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

self-interest| American Dictionary

self-interest
noun[U]
us
/selfˈɪn·trəst,-ˈɪn·tər·əst/
considerationofadvantagesfor yourself in making adecision, usually withoutworryingaboutitseffectonothers:
Eachsidewasthinkingonly oftheirown self-interest.
(Definition ofself-interestfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

self-interest| Business English

self-interest
noun[U]
uk
/ˌselfˈɪntrəst/us
asituationin which youconsidertheadvantageto yourself when makingdecisions, anddecideto do what isbestfor you:
bedriven/motivatedby self-interest
out of self-interestSomefinancialcompaniesargue,perhapsout of self-interest, that thestandardsaredangerous.
commercial/economic/nationalself-interest

self-interested

adjectiveuk/ˌselfˈɪntərestɪd/us/-ṱɚ-/
Does thestresson self-interestedcompetitivenessmeanthatbusinesscanignorewidersocialresponsibilities?
(Definition ofself-interestfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofself-interest

self-interest
But that, if possible, is possible only becauseself-interestis thought to be a ground of reasons independently of morality.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But a third pattern might be to attempt to find somewhat more complex rules about whether altruism is in your long-runself-interest.
From theCambridge English Corpus
One acts fromself-interestwhen one aims at maximizing one's welfare, where welfare is understood as depending exclusively on the goods enjoyed by oneself.
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An alternative and safer proposition might be the co-existence of sociality andself-interest, and the importance of this in all social and economic planning.
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Far from being mired inself-interest, merchants, these writers affirmed, dedicated themselves to the public good.
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Acts that appear altruistic may turn out to serveself-interestindirectly when account is taken of side-effects (rewards and punishments), or delayed effects (reputation).
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In what sense and to what extent do currently proposed mechanisms and agent behaviors considerself-interest?
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The new government policies were now challenging dentists' small businessself-interestas well as the professional ideology that defined their notions of patient interest.
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It guards against legislativeself-interestby pitting one set of legislators against the other, neutralizing one ambition with another.
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However, the relevant considerations will not necessarily be limited to (or even relate at all to) how well these packages serve the individual'sself-interest.
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Neither is corruption a by-product of ruthless capitalism, which promotesself-interestand maximum economic growth as opposed to the interests of the community.
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In so doing, they were motivated as much byself-interestas patriotic duty.
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The effect of the unremittingself-interestof this sphere is to drive more and more of the characters into varieties of non-existence.
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According to the rational actor model in economics, people are solely motivated byself-interest.
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Conversely, highly competitive individuals may trust each other to act in ways that further their collectiveself-interest.
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Collocationswithself-interest

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economic self-interest
That is in oureconomicself-interest.
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enlightened self-interest
He takes both phenomena to stem fromenlightenedself-interest.
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individual self-interest
They believe inindividualself-interest.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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