self-seeking

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The selfish promotion of one's own interests. uncountable
形容词 adj.
  1. Mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests.
  2. That searches for a target automatically. not-comparable

词形变化

more self-seeking comparative most self-seeking superlative

词源

词源 1
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 seeking
English self-seeking
From self- + seeking.
词源 2
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 seeking
English self-seeking
From self- + seeking.
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