self-interest

常見(jiàn)例句

Japan has plenty of self-interest in the endeavour.
在這種嘗試中附帶了日本很大的私利。
If justice equals self-interest and self-interest requires knowledge, ? well what kind of knowledge is that?
如果正義等于私利,且私利需要知識(shí)，則那是一種什么樣的知識(shí)？
We cannot accept any librarian’s claim of professionalism without objective evidence because there is an inherent self-interest laying in that claim.
沒(méi)有客觀證據(jù)可以讓我們承認(rèn)圖書(shū)館員的專(zhuān)業(yè)性，他們的主張中存在著一種固有的利己主義。

If not,the thinking goes, then self-interest will lead to overuse and destruction of shared resources.
Why do people become firemen, policemen, soldiers, freedom fighters, all activities that cannot be explained in terms of self-interest alone?
不可能只用拿工資的理由，就能完全解釋為什么總有人愿意做,消防員，警察，軍人和爭(zhēng)取自由的斗士？
耶魯公開(kāi)課 - 政治哲學(xué)導(dǎo)論課程節(jié)選
So very often, our self-interest will just stop our desire to do what's right.
所以我們的自身利益,會(huì)阻止我們?nèi)プ稣_的事。
普林斯頓公開(kāi)課 - 人性課程節(jié)選

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