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利益
Interests
I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that's all.
我从来没有退出过电影，可以说，我只是沉迷于其他兴趣，仅此而已。
Geography has no bearing on it, nor have the interests of the community in which I work.
地理因素与此无关，我所在社区的利益也与此无关。
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
一个明智的统治者决不应该守信，因为这样做会损害他的利益。
The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.
过去的历史只有在阐明现在的历史时，我们才感兴趣。
It is very likely that many firms spend more on advertising than, for their own best interests, they should.
很有可能，许多公司在广告上的花费超过了他们自身的最大利益。
I had great representatives looking out for my best interests and safety. They just happened to be my parents.
我让伟大的代表们为我的最大利益和安全着想。他们刚好是我的父母。
I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I am doing is going to be helpful.
如果我真的认为我所做的是有帮助的，我将坚决地投票反对我的地区的利益。
I think it's the great thing about having kids. They have interests that you might not have, and it opens your horizons.
我认为有孩子是件好事。他们有你可能没有的兴趣，这能开阔你的视野。
Because everything about the voice interests me, I felt it would be fascinating to learn a completely different style of singing.
因为我对声音的一切都很感兴趣，所以我觉得学习一种完全不同的演唱风格会很有意思。
And I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people.
我一直坚持这样一个原则，如果我对它有足够的兴趣来写它，那么它一定会引起很多人的兴趣。
If we all think only of our own interests, we are headed for collective disaster - just look at what we are doing to our planet's climate.
如果我们都只考虑自己的利益，我们正走向集体灾难——看看我们对地球气候所做的一切。
You have to listen to adversaries and keep looking for that point beyond which it's against their interests to keep on disagreeing or fighting.
你必须听取对手的意见，并不断寻找超越这一点，这是违反他们的利益，继续不同意或战斗。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Anything simple always interests me.
任何简单的事情都能引起我的兴趣。
Our home had many books due principally to the educational interests of my sister and two brothers, all of whom where serious students engaged in professional studies; my sister became a doctor of medicine and my brothers became lawyers.
我们家有很多书，主要是出于我姐姐和两个哥哥的教育兴趣，他们都是认真学习专业的学生;我姐姐成为了一名医生，我哥哥成为了律师。
There will be a lot of competitive and strong companies coming here and even though Kosovo is a small country that undoubtedly has a lot to offer to global trade; one of our main interests is to expose it to the world market.
尽管科索沃是一个小国，但毫无疑问，它可以为全球贸易提供很多东西;我们的主要利益之一是把它推向世界市场。
It must inquire not merely about the circumstances of the time in general, but in particular about the writer's position with regard to these things, the interests and motives, the leading ideas of his literary activity.
它不仅要调查当时的一般情况，而且要特别调查作家在这些事情上的立场，他的兴趣和动机，他的文学活动的主导思想。
My interests are different now than they were thirty years ago.
我现在的兴趣和三十年前不一样了。
Ants are good citizens, they place group interests first.
蚂蚁是好公民，他们把集体利益放在第一位。