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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

It is also a matter of economic self-interest.

这也攸关自身的经济利益。

Self-interest is not the only reason to oppose sanctions.

私利不是反对制裁的唯一原因。

There's no argument for it except self-interest itself.

这无可争议，除了个人兴趣本身。

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。

Or are we rational calculators of our own self-interest?

或者是我们自身的利益，我们理性的计算器？

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。

So, it seems, altruism is simply self-interest of a subtle kind.

所以，貌似利他主义不过是一种微妙的利已主义罢了。

This closer embrace of Cuba mixes self-interest with calculation.

各国如此这般紧密地拥抱古巴，心底的算盘都在于自身利益。

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。

Each has its own vision of the smart grid (not to mention self-interest).

他们对智能电网都有自己的视角(更不用说自身的利益)。

The European retreat marked a stark triumph of self-interest over principle.

欧盟的退却标志着自利主义对抗原则主义的大获全胜。

So very often, our self-interest will just stop our desire to do what's right.

所以我们的自身利益，会阻止我们去做正确的事。

Banks are ostensibly acting in their own self-interest by cutting back on risk.

从表面上看，银行降低经营风险是要维护自身利益。

Self-interest dictates that the second player accept any offer, even the lowest.

考虑自身利益会促使第二个参与者接受任何的给予，即使是价值最低的。

So did self-interest; dead Jews were unlikely to want their pre-war property back.

死掉的犹太人是不可能再索回他们战前的财产了。