self-interestの意味・使い方・発音

self-interest

英 ['self'intərist] 美

self-interest (n.): also self interest, 1640s, from self- + interest (n.). Related: Self-interested.
[Self-interest] is a doctrine not very lofty, but clear and sure. It does not seek to attain great objects; but it attains those it aims for without too much effort. ... [It] does not produce great devotion; but it suggests little sacrifices each day; by itself it cannot make a man virtuous; but it forms a multitude of citizens who are regulated, temperate, moderate, farsighted, masters of themselves; and if it does not lead directly to virtue through the will, it brings them near to it insensibly through habits. [Alexis de Tocqueville, "Democracy in America"]

1. He has never exhibited the self -confidence，bordering on arrogance，of his predecessor.: 彼は前任者のような傲慢に近い自信を示したことがない。

2.I felt so self -conscious under Luke 's mother 's intense gaze.: ルークの母が見ている目の下で、私は非常に気まずい思いをした。

3.She has now changed into a happy, self -confident woman.: 今では彼女は幸せで自信のある女性になっている。

4.He is being treated for a self ?inficted gunshot wound.: 彼は発砲による自傷傷で治療を受けている。

5.She summoned up all her pity for him,to smother her self -pity.: 彼女は心の中の自分の憐れみを抑え、慈悲の気持ちを彼に注いだ。