egotism meaning in English
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.
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Examples
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - "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。 - 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。