1714, "too frequent use of 'I'," from ego + -ism. First used by Joseph Addison, who credits the term to "Port-Royalists" who used it in reference to obtrusive use of first person singular pronoun in writing, hence "talking too much about oneself." Meaning "self-conceit, selfishness" is from 1800. The -t- is abnormal, perhaps by influence of dogmatism.
双语例句
1. He was kindly and good - natured for all his egotism.
他尽管一心想着自己,但是他和气,善良,心眼好.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
2. 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.
来自辞典例句
3. 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.
来自辞典例句
4. Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.
自负是为了麻痹因为愚蠢带来痛楚的麻醉剂.
来自互联网
5. Of all things , banish the egotism out of your conversation.
