自私自利的

• I believe that the rendering of useful service is the common duty of mankind and that only in the purifying fire of sacrifice is the dross of selfishness consumed and the greatness of the human soul set free
  我相信提供有用的服务是人类共同的责任，唯有在牺牲奉献的炼火中，自私自利的渣滓始能烧毁，而人类灵魂的伟大也才能发挥出来。
• It goes to the heart of one of the biggest challenges in economics : how to arrange our economic interactions so that , when everyone behaves in a self - interested manner , the result is something we all like
  它深入到了经济学里最大一个挑战的核心：如何安排我们经济互动，以便在每个人都以自私自利的方式采取行动时，得到的是皆大欢喜的结果。
• " mademoiselle , " replied morrel with a bitter smile , " i am selfish - you have already said so - and as a selfish man i think not of what others would do in my situation , but of what i intend doing myself
  “小姐， ”莫雷尔苦笑着说， “我是自私自利的，您已经这样说过的了。而作为一个自私自利的人，我不去想别人处在我的地位会怎么做，而只考虑我自己准备怎么做。
• My young lady asked some aid of her when she first came ; but mr heathcliff told her to follow her own business , and let his daughter - in - law look after herself ; and zillah willingly acquiesced , being a narrow - minded , selfish woman
  我的小姐初去时曾要她帮点忙可是希刺克厉夫叫她只管自己的事，让他儿媳妇自己照料自己拉本是一个心窄的自私自利的女人，就挺愿意地服从了。
• The union is simply unwilling to acknowledge that if it wants to be a global power , it must play by global rules , and not try to force the world to bend to the results of self - serving anticompetitive horse - trading in brussels
  欧盟不愿承认，如果它想成为全球性力量，那么它必须按照全球性规则行事，不要企图迫使世界屈从于在布鲁塞尔通过自私自利的、反竞争的不公平交易达成的结果。
• Yet the problem will remain that one cannot clear our society of such pervasive selfish ways and calculations even if the scholarship system is revised . the revision , if anything , can only exclude some talented young people from the recipients " list
  问题是,我们再怎么修改和更新奖学金的颁发制度,只可能将这些有天资和潜能的年轻人排除在名单以外,却无法消除普遍存在的自以为是而自私自利的念头。
• John schlesinger does not level carping criticisms in the film . he just objectively and almost cruelly presents the men and women as utterly selfish people . such a merciless , stark depiction is more thought provoking and sarcastic than indignant invectives
  史莱辛格在电影里没有辛辣的批判，只有客观而近于绝情的呈现，男的女的都尽是自私自利的人，如此无情的赤裸描绘较之悲愤的喧骂实是更具反思性和讽刺性。
• Convenience as regarded afternoon callers was the last thing to enter into the consideration of unselfish mr and mrs clare ; though the three sons were sufficiently in unison on this matter to wish that their parents would conform a little to modern notions
  克莱尔先生和克莱尔太太不是自私自利的人，最后还要考虑的是下午来拜访的人方不方便但是在这件事上，三个儿子却非常一致，希望他们的父母多少能适合一点儿现代观念。
• As a result of economic man ' s selfish characteristic , the extreme behavior of economic man signifies : " being slave of material ” and " being the machine running for earning profit " , these two kinds of performance could pose huge threat and injury to the development of the human civilization and the continuous development of social economy
  由于经济人的这种自私自利的特征,经济人的行为走向极端会表现为: “物质的奴隶”和“赚取利润的机器” ,这两种表现会对人类文明和社会经济的持续发展造成巨大的威胁和伤害。
• Deputy prime minister lee hsien loong was certainly right when he pointed out this at the recent government scholarship presentation it is wrong for scholars to think that the scholarship is a purely mercenary contract , and that they are entitled to try to maximise their own careers and prospects in this selfish way
  诚如副总理李显龙在政府奖学金颁奖仪式上所言, “把奖学金当成是雇佣合约,并以为可以借着它来开拓个人的事业和前途,这不只错误,也是自私自利的想法。 ”