势利的英文：
selfishly concerned with gaining advantages for oneself

参考例句：

SnoB appeal
商品对势利顾客的吸引力

snob appeal
商品对势利顾客的吸引力(如高档,罕见,外国产)

To treat in a condescending or supercilious manner.
瞧不起，势利地对待

How the devil did I come to have such a snob for a son?
我怎么会生出这样一个势利的儿子！

Going to a private school had made her a snob.
上私立学校后，她变得很势利。

They considered her behaviour a shameful piece of snobbery.
他们认为她为人势利,行为可耻.

How can some people suck up like that to the rich? Especially when they behave so disgracefully.
"人都别忒势利了,况且都作的是什么有脸的好事!"

The dikes of imperial snobbery hold back a raging sea of color
势利的英帝国堤坝阻挡着狂怒的有色人种的海洋。

"Given such incentives, can our elite become anything but self-centred careerists?"
这样的观念下产生的精英，能不势利吗

Wen-wan said, "I can't believe old classmates could be that snobbish
文纨道:“我就不信老同学会那么势利——

selfishly是什么意思：
ad. 自私地,自我中心地,任性地

She again entreated his forgiveness for so selfishly appropriating the cottage.
她为自己这么自私地占用了这座农舍而再次恳求他的原谅。

concerned是什么意思：
adj. 有关的；关心的
v. concern的过去时和过去分词

There is no cause for concern.
不必担心。

of or concerned with choreography.
属于或关于舞蹈艺术的。

They have no concern with the dispute.
他们和那纷争没有关系。

gaining是什么意思：
v. 获得；获利；增加；走快；到达
n. 增加；利润；收获

No pains, no gains.
不劳则无获。

This ticket will gain you admission [will gain admission for you].
这张票将使你得以入场。

Its gain is the product of the gains of its constituent branches.
它的增益等于它含有的分支的增益的积。