| 词汇 | example_english_self-seeking |
| 释义 | Examples of self-seekingThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Real human beings are thinking agents and, as such, do not make decisions in the mechanical way that simple self-seeking (merely intentional) systems would. A generation of senior civil servants saw the state as socially beneficial, capitalism as self-seeking. This newer view of immune function is fundamentally formulated on self-seeking, self-organizing activity, whose structure is decentered from any bounded self. They engaged in interest-based self-seeking alongside principled debate. That objective, the author argues, distinguished the movement from all previous governments, which had been made up of the self-seeking, petit bourgeois heirs of colonial rule. The picture he draws serves the ironic tone of the interpretation marvelously: selfabsorbed academics at their ivory-tower games, fending off or capitalizing upon the silly impositions of equally self-seeking ministries. It is orchestrated, it is individual and it is cynically self-seeking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I respectfully say that they have shown an absence of self-seeking, which is, after all, no very common quality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no future solution of these problems when greed and self-seeking of that kind is part of the system of our society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not self-seeking, but seeking to be included. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps the linkage was self-seeking and to some extent unrealistic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need not be accused of self-seeking; matters are far too serious for any question of that kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Members have not been self-seeking, deceitful or exercising their own private political views. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It must breed cynicism and self-seeking in the economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have just heard a self-serving, self-seeking, sanctimonious and tawdry little speech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems appalling that, hitherto, there has been no legal barrier to prevent bencoms from being taken over by such a self-seeking bunch of individuals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any objections are self-seeking rhetoric designed to stymie the progress of the internal market and this important sector. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It pursues in a rigorous and self-seeking way the expansion of its own trade at the expense of the trading activities of other manufacturing nations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must be objective and, if necessary, self-seeking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It cannot be accepted that at one moment businessmen are wicked self-seeking capitalists and at the next are good enough to finance local radio. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was no meanness, no pettiness, no self-seeking in him, or possible in him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The opting-out proposals were masterminded by two self-seeking, unelected bureaucrats. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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