n. 1.自我主义;自我中心癖〔满口不离 I 或 me 的习惯〕;自高自大。 2.利己主义,自私自利。 n. -tist
an exaggerated opinion of your own importance 同义词:self-importance, swelled head,
an inflated feeling of pride in your superiority to others 同义词:ego, self-importance,
Egotism is the drive to maintain and enhance favorable views of oneself, and generally features an inflated opinion of one's personal features and importance ? intellectual, physical, social and other.Robin M.
例句与用法
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What jeanie least liked in the tone of the letter was a smothered degree of egotism . 珍妮最不高兴的是信中隐约可见的唯我独尊的口吻。
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His egotism had never taken the crude form of desiring a dull wife . 他的利己主义从来没有表现为一种粗俗的形式,满足于得到一个百依百顺的妻子。
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He had never thought of her but in the chill of his egotism and the light of her use . 他却从来不想到她,除了在他那冷冰冰的沾沾自喜里,或者是考虑到她的用处时。
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"it is an interesting question," said lord henry, who found an exquisite pleasure in playing on the lad's unconscious egotism . “这是个有趣的问题,”享利勋爵说,他觉得嘲弄这孩子不自觉的自负能获得极大的乐趣。
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Under his good-nature, his facility, his knowledge of life, his egotism lay hidden like a serpent in a bank of flowers . 在他的温和仪表,他的老成练达,他的生活阅历下,都隐藏着他的自私自利,就象在遍地鲜花中隐藏着一条毒蛇。
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On the subjectivity and objectivity of moral egotism 论道德自我的主体性与客体性
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And i must suffer for her egotism “可我还得为了她的自私自利活受罪! ”