Nations are governed by self - interest, but they prefer to believe that their aims are altruistic.是什么意思？

Nations are governed by self - interest, but they prefer to believe that their aims are altruistic.

各國都只考慮自己的利益, 卻總愿意相信自己的目標是大公無私的.

Nations

n. 國家( nation的名詞復數(shù) )，民族，國民；

例句
...this military action, taken in accord with United Nations resolutions...
依據(jù)聯(lián)合國決議而采取的本次軍事行動

are

vi. （用于第二人稱單復數(shù)現(xiàn)在時，第一、三人稱復數(shù)現(xiàn)在時）是；n. 公畝（等于100平方米）；

例句
We are scared to abandon ourselves to our feelings in case we seem weak or out of control.
我們不敢放縱自己的情感，以免顯得太過軟弱或缺乏自制。

governed

v. 統(tǒng)治( govern的過去式和過去分詞 )，管理，治理，支配（詞或短語的形式或用法）；

例句
Their citizens are very thankful they are not governed by a dictator.
他們的公民十分慶幸沒有受獨裁者的統(tǒng)治。

by

prep. 在…旁邊，表示方式，由于，經(jīng)過；adv. 經(jīng)過，表示保留或保存時用，短暫拜訪；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我們所見的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂貴化妝品

self

n. 自己，本人，本性，私利；adj. 同一的，純凈的，單一的；vt. 使自花授精，使近親繁殖；vi. 自花授精；

例句
Wit Wolzek claimed the legislation could impinge on privacy, self determination and respect for religious liberty...
威特·沃爾澤克聲稱這項法律可能會對隱私權和自主權造成侵犯，并破壞對宗教自由的尊重。

interest

n. 興趣，愛好，利害關系，利益，利息，趣味，感興趣的事；vt. 使產(chǎn)生興趣，使參與，使加入，引起…的意愿，使產(chǎn)生關系；

例句
Urban planners in practice have to take account of many interest groups in society.
城市規(guī)劃人員在實際工作中必須把社會各利益集團都考慮在內(nèi)。

but

conj. 但是，而是，除了，只因為；prep. 除…以外；adv. 只，不過，只是，另一方面；n. 借口，推辭，但是，反對；pron. [關系代詞，意義相當于 who…not, which…not]；vt. 對…說“但是”；

例句
English food can be wonderful but the normal English diet is abominable.
英國也有美食，只是一般的日常飲食太過糟糕。

they

pron. 他/她/它們，人們，大家，政府，當局，她們；

例句
The storms had abated by the time they rounded Cape Horn.
他們繞過合恩角時，暴風雨已經(jīng)減弱。

prefer

vt. 更喜歡，提升，提拔，給予（債權人）優(yōu)先權，提出（控告）；vi. 更喜歡，寧愿；

例句
They prefer to bargain with individual clients, for cash...
在現(xiàn)款方面，他們更愿意同散戶打交道。

to

prep. 向，朝著，到，關于，屬于；adv. 朝一個方向的，到某種狀態(tài)，關閉；

例句
I suggest you leave it to an expert...
我建議你把它留給專家來解決。

believe

v. 信任，料想，篤信宗教；vt. 相信，以為，認為，對…信以為真，信任；

例句
Some parents believe a boy must learn to stand up and fight like a man.
有些父母認為男孩子必須學會像男子漢一樣頂天立地，勇于抗爭。

that

det. 那個，那；pron. 那個，那；conj. 多么，如此…以至，用于某些動詞、形容詞和名詞后，引出各種從句；adv. 不那么，那樣；

例句
...expensive make-up that we saw being advertised by a beautiful model...
我們所見的由一位漂亮模特代言的昂貴化妝品

their

pron. 他（她，它）們的，在提及性別不詳?shù)娜藭r，用以代替 him 或 her；

例句
Their permissiveness toward their children reflects the wild abandon of their own lives.
他們對孩子的放任折射出他們自身生活的放浪形骸。

aims

v. （以…）瞄準，針對( aim的第三人稱單數(shù) )，努力，目的在于，以…為目標[目的]；

例句
He aims his bile at religion, drugs, and politics.
他把怒氣發(fā)泄在宗教、毒品和政治問題上。

altruistic

adj. 利他的，無私心的；

例句
Under some conditions, altruistic individuals are more apt to evolve than those egoistical individuals.
在某些情況下, 利他的個體比利己的個體更有利于自身的進化.

...the spiralling vortex airflow that slows the plane.
使飛機減速的螺旋形氣流渦旋

You just go on ahead. I'll come by later...
你只管先往前走。我隨后就來。

He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him chastens him early.
24不忍用杖打兒子的,是恨惡他;疼愛兒子的, 趁早管教.

For further information, please contact 414 3925, extension 2253.
詳情請致電414 3925,轉分機2253。

He sat there while I made the case for his dismissal...
他坐在那兒，聽我陳述解雇他的理由。

Baroness Thatcher's claims seem credible to many.
撒切爾女男爵的主張在很多人看來是可信的。

Nothing to be got without pains but poverty.
一份耕耘，一份收獲。

This decree obliges unions to delay strikes.
該法令迫使工會推遲罷工。

The right to demand payment from the endorser of a commercial paper when the first party liable fails to pay.
追索權當有支付義務的第一方不能支付時，可以向商業(yè)票據(jù)的背書人要求支付的權力。

His father, on principle, did not like to hear requests for money.
從原則上來說，他父親不喜歡別人借錢。

Our new cultural centre will be located here.
我們新的文化中心將設在這里。

We decorated the seat of the bier awfully and solemnly.
我們把靈寢裝飾得莊嚴肅穆.

The law must have teeth, and it must be enforced.
法律必須擁有效力，而且必須強制實施。

Actress Meryl Streep also made history last year.
女演員梅利爾?斯特里普在去年也創(chuàng)造了記錄.

I am prepared to make some concession on minor details, but I cannot compromise on fundamentals.
在一些細節(jié)上我可以作些讓步，但在基本原則上我是不會妥協(xié)的。

You have heard the proposal; now go away and think it over.
你已聽了這項提議, 現(xiàn)在去仔細想想。

The land near the border is disputed ground.
靠近邊界的土地是有爭議的地區(qū)。

At higher magnification , the enlarged prostate has glandular hyperplasia.
增生前列腺的腺體增生.

Nations are governed by self - interest, but they prefer to believe that their aims are altruistic.是什么意思？

Nations are governed by self - interest, but they prefer to believe that their aims are altruistic.是什么意思？