selfish

• adj.利己的；エゴイスティック

self、own、self、-ish、形容詞接尾辞。selfishから派生した。

selfish (adj.)

1630s, from self- + -ish. Said in Hacket's life of Archbishop Williams (1693) to have been coined by Presbyterians. In the 17c., synonyms included self-seeking (1620s), self-ended and self-ful.

Let us understand what our own selfish genes are up to, because we may then at least have the chance to upset their designs. [Richard Dawkins, "The Selfish Gene," 1976]

Related: Selfishly; selfishness. Similar formations in German selbstisch, Swedish sjelfvisk, Danish selvisk.

1. I think I 've been very selfish .I 've been mainly concerned with myself.

私はずっと利己的だと思います。いつも自分のことばかり気にしている。

2.Susan and Deborah share an intensely selfish ，egotistic streak.

スーザンとデボラは2人とも極端に利己的で自己中心的だ。

3.She calls me lazy and selfish .

彼女は私が怠け者で利己的だと言った。

4.Do you think I 'm being selfish by not letting her go？

私が彼女を行かせないのは利己的だと思いますか？

5.They painted him to be indecisive，negative，and selfish .

彼は優柔不断で消極的で利己的な人として描かれている。