| 词汇 | example_english_self-serving |
| 释义 | Examples of self-servingThese 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. Factions within parties, alignments and realignments within parties, and self-serving coalitions further worsened matters. The imperial regime's account is, of course, self-serving and must be viewed within the context of the time. Such terms hardly befit a collaborator of empire or a spineless, self-serving monarch. Secondly, they permit citizens to hold their representatives accountable and to punish them if they enrich themselves in corrupt or self-serving ways. Process, not outcomes (especially outcomes sought by self-serving groups elsewhere), is what we should aim at in countries that lack democratic ways. We can equally dismiss a posteriori rationalizations of design intent as self-serving, and atomistic efforts to include intent as overly strong representation. Indeed, as she mentioned earlier, prudence is about right reasoning, in order to apply good means to good ends, not necessarily self-serving ends. And yet it does not seem plausible to attribute to mere self-serving cynicism all complaint that appeals to such principles. Second, the existence of the stated purpose does not necessarily make faith ultimately self-serving. Be assured that this is no plodding monograph with self-serving accounts of project after project. All she need do is quote them, for her passages of choice are markedly "muscular," self-serving, and absurd. To this extent, it is not so much a question of physicians making intentional, self-serving decisions. It would also be a nightmare, as perceptual error and self-serving criteria made indeterminate lights seem green enough to go for orthogonal travelers. They sought to tie interest to duty through institutional mechanisms to thwart destructive, self-serving passions and to secure the public good. It is therefore particularly unforgivable for the archaeological establishment to exploit these privileges in self-serving ways. Though self-serving, such arguments were at least based on logic. Certainly much of the discourse is self-serving hype, intended to promote particular people and services. Many treatises have been written and discussions held, and sometimes codes of professional behavior (most of them self-serving) have emerged. Yet this too is a self-serving representation that needs correction. Corporate histories have a tendency to be dull and self-serving, especially when commissioned, authorized and even published by the institution in question. While the overall system that emerged was not itself planned, the interactions and behaviours that underpinned it were strategic and self-serving. The latter contested what was obviously a high-handed and self-serving move on the part of their leader. I particularly liked a brief section on the ' corrupt and self-serving organisations ', which have surfaced from time to time. Caring behaviors by the young were discounted as ultimately self-serving. 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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