selfishness

Maugre all the selfishness that chills east winds the world, the whole human family is bathed with an element of love like a fine ether.

虽然所有的自私就像来自东方的风，吹得我们冷得打颤，人类的家庭还是沐浴在爱的元素里如同晴朗的苍天。

Particularly in Taiwan, where the rich and the powerful are posing as role models, people have learned that selfishness seems to pay.

尤其在台湾这个把富人和掌权人做为榜样的地方，人们已经学会自私自利就像买东西付钱那样天经地义。

Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.

伟大的成就通常源于伟大的奉献，它从来就不是自私的产物。

I noticed on that occasion how much selfishness there is even in a love like Mr Linton's, when he so regretted Catherine's blessed release!

在那时候，我注意到当林惇先生如此痛惜凯瑟琳的美满的超脱时，甚至在他那样的一种爱情里也存有多少自私成分！

At a time when dishonesty and selfishness seem to be making inroads into American life, Mazur's selflessness set him apart as a role model.

当狡诈与自私似乎正侵蚀美国社会的今天，麦哲的无私精神让他脱俗而成为典范。

Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure.

你知道，自私应该永远受到原谅，因为这是无法医治的。

This theory developed on the assumption that job satisfaction and a sense of responsibility would counter or negate directorial selfishness.

这种理论立足于这样的假设：工作满意度及责任感将阻遏或去除董事的自私性情。

He knew he must not suffer selfishness to triumph over his sense of responsibility.

他如道，他不应让私心战胜责任感。

Or perhaps he understood that, under Adams' selfishness and weaknesses, there was an honest man who would do anything for his country.

再者或许他理解，在亚当斯自我等确定下，是一个能为他的国家做任何事诚实的人。

The response presupposes a combination of extreme rationality and extreme selfishness, which does not always prevail.

这一回答预先假定的是，人既极度理性、又极度自私——然而，人并不总是这样。

A selfish person has little sense of shame about his selfishness as he thinks other people are selfish , too .

自私的人对自己的自私心缺乏羞愧感，因为他认为别人也是自私的。

But man is shaped by his selfishness, and his so-called spontaneity is within the field of his self-interest.

但是人类却被他的自私所塑造，他的所谓的自发性仍就盘居在自我兴趣的天地里。

Nothing illustrates his selfishness more clearly than his behavior to his wife.

没有什么比他对妻子的行为更能清楚地说明他的自私。

Selfishness, cruelty, hatred, possessiveness, petty jealousy. All those qualities came out in us just because we loved each other.

自私，残忍，仇恨，强烈的独占欲，为一点小事吃醋。所有这些在我们身上发作只是因为我们深爱着对方。

A simple life is one of plainness , in which profit is discarded, cleverness abandoned, selfishness eliminated, and desires reduced.

简单的生命是一种单纯，在其中，利益被抛开，机智被舍弃，自私被丢除，欲望被减少。

A quarrel over money is often a symbol of selfishness.

为金钱而争吵通常是自私旳象征。

What many think of as love is really just a form of selfishness -- not pure love.

许多人认为爱只是一个自私的形式---而不是纯洁的爱。

I hate to dust, but I hate the hearts of each one of us "no public reason for selfishness and self-interest" ! ! ! ! ! ! !

我讨厌沙尘暴，但我更讨厌我们每个人心中的“没有公共理性的自私和自利”！！！！！！！

I know we blame selfishness and a lack of a sense for the greater good as reasons behind the weakness in banking and our economic troubles.

我知道我们会因为虚弱的银行体系和我们自己的经济困难原因责备人们的自私自利和缺少牺牲小我的意识。

Selfishness is one of the qualities apt to inspire love. This might be thought out at great length.

这可是深思熟虑了很久才得出的结论，自私就是一种易于促成爱情的性格。