Put that way our functions may at first sound elitist, insular, perhaps even self absorbed.

用这种方式我们的功能乍一听有点精英主义，孤芳自赏，甚至自我沉醉。

Paul is a tedious, self-absorbed jackass who neglects his girlfriend.

保罗是个烦人的、自以为是的笨蛋，把他的女朋友忽略了。

Those who suffer from narcissism become self-absorbed or chronic show-offs.

被自恋症折磨的人会变得只专注于自己的事情，或者不断地自我炫耀。

It may be that the brain, when it revisits material at a later time, has to relearn some of what it has absorbed before adding new stuff - and that that process is itself self-reinforcing.

也许是因为大脑在再次复习资料的时候，必须要重新学习一些它已经吸收的东西才能添加新的内容——这个过程是大脑的自我强化记忆。

The Energy Vampire is self-absorbed and zaps our energy as they go on-and-on endlessly about themselves.

精力吸血鬼。 他们是自私的，不断地为了他们自己吸取着我们的精力。