The behavior is optimized for the short term and self interest.

该行为是优化的短期和自身利益。

Remember that many people will act on their own self interest.

记住，很多人是依他们自身利益来行事的。

All his decisions have been entirely governed by self-interest.

他的所有决定都受利己之心的支配。

Not all of them were acting out of self-interest.

他们当中，并非所有人的行动都是出于利己的目的。

To sum up: a system of conservation based solely on economic self-interest is hopelessly lopsided.

总而言之：一个完全基于经济利己主义的保护体系是不可救药的不平衡。

He hoped his work at the university would give him insight into how questions of morality could be applied to places where self-interest flourished.

他希望他在大学的工作能让他深入了解如何将道德问题应用到那些利己主义盛行的地方。

Fortunately, volunteers are not motivated by self-interest, but by altruism.

幸运的是，志愿者们不是被自身利益而是被利他主义推动。

Their current protests are motivated purely by self-interest.

他们目前的抗议纯粹是受私利驱使的。

He is motivated entirely by self-interest.

他做事完全出于私利。

She was motivated solely by self-interest.

她完全是出于私利。

I think it would be a gross distortion of reality to say that they were motivated by self-interest.

我认为说他们被自身利益所驱使是对事实的公然扭曲。

In fact, today, experts define office politics as proper behavior used to pursue one's own self-interest in the workplace.

事实上，如今专家们将办公室政治定义为在工作场所追求自身利益的正当行为。

As the world's food security falls to pieces, individual countries acting in their own self-interest are actually worsening the troubles of many.

随着世界食品安全的崩溃，个别国家为自身利益行事，实际上是在加剧许多国家的困境。

While he has emotions, they never sway him from his own financial self-interest.

虽然他有情绪，但这些情绪从未使他放弃自己的经济利益。

I clearly had not found a way to help classes full of MBAs see that there is more to life than money, power, fame and self-interest.

我显然还没找到方法，让满教室的管理学硕士认识到：除了金钱、权力、名誉和私利，生活中还有更多比这些重要的东西。

But self-interest and sensible policy can cut the odds of trouble.

但利己主义和明智的政策选择可以减少麻烦发生的几率。

They pose plausible reasons why it might be in the self-interest of foreign officials to do so.

他们提出了一些看起来有理的理由，说明为什么这么做符合这些国家的自我利益。

Getting rid of anything that may give rise to inflation is in the self-interest of new joiners.

摆脱任何可以引起通胀的因素是新成员的自身利益范围内的事情。

It kind of feels like generosity, but it's also a self-interest that people perceive.

看起来这好像是出于慷慨，其实这也是人们的一种自利心。

Lacking empathy, people act only out of self-interest, without regard for the well-being or feelings of others.

如果没有同情心，人们只会从自身的利益出发，而不会顾及他人的状况和感受。

Only the most naive investor read that as a commitment to do-goodery rather than calculated self-interest.

只有最天真的投资者才会将这些话视为善举而不是算计高盛自身的利益。

As regards relations to other herds, modern technique has produced a conflict between self-interest and instinct.

对于与其他群体的关系，现代技术使得自利和本能产生了冲突。

Seek a balanced, humble view that reaches beyond rational self-interest.

寻找一种均衡和严谨的观点，避免理性的自利观点。

In a world preoccupied with consumerism and petty self-interest, that gives life dignity.

在一个消费主义和委琐私利充斥的世界里，道德感给生活以尊严。

The relationship started as a marriage of self-interest.

这场关系刚开始是出于自身利益的联姻。

We let self-interest, greed, and instant gratification take precedence over the country's long-term needs.

我们将个人利益，贪婪和即时满足超越了国家的长期需求。