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self-seeking: noun
self-catering: adjective and adverb

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self-seeking N ADJ

self-seeking

追逐私利(的) zhuīzhú sīlì

self-catering ADJ

self-catering

自供伙食的 zì gōng huǒshí de

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In this sense, "peon" can be used in either a derogatory or self-effacing context. en.wikipedia.org

But it's also the last thing anyone would have expected from her: blandly self-effacing. en.wikipedia.org

Mature was always a self-effacing star who had no delusions about his own work. en.wikipedia.org

His self-effacing nature and boyish demeanour served to defuse passions in many of these hotly disputed cases. en.wikipedia.org

They also frequently adopt self-effacing attitudes to strangers so as to avoid unwanted attention. en.wikipedia.org

Or one will be self-effacing, and be compulsively compliant and display symptoms of neediness or codependence. en.wikipedia.org

He was a charming but self-effacing and very shy gentleman, who delighted in drawing and designing but who had no interest in publicity or self-promotion. en.wikipedia.org

Male co-workers portrayed their women counterparts as dedicated and self-effacing. en.wikipedia.org

He is remembered as not only a gifted climber and a driven adventurer, but also as a gentle, self-effacing man who cared about others. en.wikipedia.org

Her lyrics have been called self-effacing and occasionally confessional. en.wikipedia.org

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