Self-interest



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 私心
• ［英］ n. 私心 ( concern for what is best for oneself)
• ［记］ self（自己）+interest（利益）

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Date: 1649
• 1. a concern for one's own advantage and well-being <acted out of self-interest and fear>
• 2. one's own interest or advantage <self-interest requires that we be generous in foreign aid>
• ? self-interested adjective
• ? self-interestedly adverb
• ? self-interestedness noun

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