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self-absorbed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌself-abˈsorbed adjective  SELFISHinterested only in yourself and the things that affect you 只顾自己的,专注于自我的 Teenagers always seem so self-absorbed. 青少年似乎总是只关心自己。self-absorption noun [uncountable]
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self-absorbedSimultaneously bold and innocent, neither abject nor objects of our gaze, they are self-absorbed and self-contained; available to each other.Sometimes the self-absorbed child also shows little interest in his parents, ignoring them or seeming not to focus on them.Sometimes a self-absorbed child is less sensitive visually as well.It appeared that, like other self-absorbed children, Robbie had difficulties at a number of developmental levels.He depicts his noisy, disordered, life-loving, quarrelsome, self-absorbed family with a historian's detachment.His play may lack assertive or aggressive themes, and still has a self-absorbed quality.Wholly self-absorbed, the tone benefits from this inward direction.I was too self-absorbed to notice how unhappy she was.
ˌself-abˈsorbed adjectiveChineseSyllable
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self-absorbed
ˌself-abˈsorbed adjective
interested only in yourself and the things that affect you:
    Teenagers always seem so self-absorbed.
—self-absorption noun [uncountable]


self-absorbedBrE /ˌself əbˈzɔːbd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌself əbˈzɔːrbd/ 🔊BrE /ˌself əbˈsɔːbd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌself əbˈsɔːrbd/ 🔊 adjectiveonly concerned about or interested in yourself 只顾自己的;只关心自己的 self-absorp·tion BrE /ˌself əbˈzɔːpʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌself əbˈzɔːrpʃn/ 🔊BrE /ˌself əbˈsɔːpʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌself əbˈsɔːrpʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]