selfish

égoïste

Qui pense surtout à son propre avantage en décidant, sans assez tenir compte des autres.

En anglais simple : Caring mainly about what benefits you when making decisions, without thinking enough about other people.

• Don't be selfish; share your toys.
• She made a selfish decision and ignored our needs.
• Was it selfish of me to leave early?

Comment l'utiliser : selfish of someone to do something (It was selfish of him to take all the food.)

Synonymes : self-centred, self-interested, egocentric

Contraires : selfless, unselfish

Expressions courantes : selfish person, selfish decision, very selfish, selfish behaviour