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。
It is equally possible that the work survived far into the Middle Ages in numerous copies in monastic libraries but were unnoticed due to lack of interest.
这些作品同样可能在修道院图书馆中以数不清的数量存活到中世纪，但由于缺乏兴趣而未被注意。
By this time, there were more than 200,000 cases in Europe, including 1,000 deaths, as well as 1,000 cases in the US. On March 24, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Thomas Bach, announced the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, which were planned to be held in Tokyo, would be delayed until the following year in the interest of protecting pubic safety.
此时，欧洲已有二十多万病例，包括死亡病例1000例和美国的1000例病例。3月24日，国际奥林匹克委员会（IOC）主席托马斯·巴赫宣布为了公众的安全，原定于在东京举行的2020年夏季奥运会将推迟至下一年。
But the income gains the company recognized from the mortgages were illusory — offset by interest expense, notably the cost of administering the trusts, which make regular payments to investors.
但该公司确认的抵押贷款收益增加是虚的——被利息费用所抵消，特别是定期向投资者支付的信托管理成本。
The last were of great interest to me.
后面的这门功课引起了我极大的兴趣。
Private television is still dominated by Mr Berlusconi. He is still Italy's richest man, still beset by conflicts of interest, still unfit, even if he were a great reformer, to rule Italy.
贝卢斯科尼仍然控制着私人电视，他仍然是意大利的首富，他仍然因政企利益冲突问题被围攻，即使他将来是大改革家，他也还是没有资格治理意大利。
What's more, if the economy were to head downhill fast, the Fed, despite its public worries about inflation, has plenty of scope for cutting interest rates.
此外，如果美国经济持续恶化，那么联邦储备局虽然公开地对通胀率心存忧虑，但还是有削减利率的充足空间。
None of the Indiana University study participants understood German, and were using only visual cues and tone of voice to determine daters' interest.
没有一个印第安纳大学的被试懂德语，他们只能从语调和视觉线索中确定双方的兴趣。
The compilations from the old poets by Sarada Mitter and Akshay Sarkar were also of great interest to me.
萨拉达·米特和阿克谢·萨卡所编的古诗刊，也激起了我极大的兴趣。
That is how I first came to take an interest in the message of the tape. The fluctuations were from the first associated in my mind with upward or downward movements.
这是我第一次对记录本的信息，依我看波动是与股票的向上或跌势相关。
The agency said that it was more concerned about the threat to an array of monitoring satellites, which it said were of "highest interest for immediate consideration".
宇航局称对监控卫星的威胁才是最大的，而这也是“目前最大利益之所在”。
Those higher interest rates paid by countries with large external deficits were supposed to compensate investors for the risk of currency depreciation.
这些对外经常项目大额赤字的国家用本币支付较高利率来补偿投资者的通货贬值的风险。
He said they have an 'ideology of self interest' and more likely to think about themselves whereas those less well off were more likely to help others.
他说富人们有一种“利己主义思想”，更多地会为自己着想，而那些没这么有钱的人则更可能帮助别人。
The majority of interest came from current owners looking to move house, while buy-to-let investors were also beginning to look at properties.
购买兴趣主要来自于，现在的房产拥有者希望搬家，而那些买房用来出租的投资者也开始关注住房。
Clearly it would be of great interest if planets were discovered orbiting stars that lie closer to the sun.
显然如果发现一颗距离太阳更近、且存在行星的恒星，那将会受到极大的关注。
With stock markets in the doldrums, interest rates cut to almost nothing, and bond yields at record lows, investors were desperate for any kind of meaningful return on their money.
当股票市场处于萧条期，利润率几乎所剩无几，债券的收益率有史以来达到最低点时，投资者们对过去认为的任何有可能的回报资金都不会在抱有幻想。
These borrowers were then subjected to a series of questions that required simple calculations about percentages and interest rates*.
这些借款人接受了一系列简单的有关百分比和利率的计算测验。
America's interest in Sasquatch - later to become known as Bigfoot - grew after stories of its existence were serialized in newspapers at the turn of the 20th century.
自从在20世纪初美国报纸上连载有关大脚怪的文章时，美国人对北美野人——也就是后来的大脚怪——兴趣大涨。
Before the crisis, around half of mortgages were at variable interest rates; by the end of last year, the share had risen to 69%.
在危机发生之前，约有一半的抵押贷款按浮动利率；到去年年底，这一比例已经升至69%。
At that time, the mystical beasts were primarily of interest to lumberjacks, miners and those who lived or worked in areas where it had been sighted.
当时，对这种神秘怪兽最感兴趣的是伐木工、矿工，以及那些生活或工作在其出没地区的人。
Interest rates were low and set to remain so; corporate profits were strong; and the buoyancy of emerging markets would offset any lingering weaknesses in the developed economies.
因为当时的利率低，而且似乎会继续保持这种低水平；企业利润丰厚；新兴市场的股票回升会抵销发达经济体中残存的缺陷。
So our primary interest was helping them have a devise to better review their blood sugars and keep track of what they were doing so that in the future they could better manage their diabetes.
所以我们最初的动机就是给他们提供一个设备,来更好地监测他们的血糖,跟踪他们的身体状况,使他们能够更好地治疗糖尿病。
There were other puzzles: long-term interest rates ought to have picked up to reflect the scarcity of American savings and the concern about the dollar.
其它的疑问还有：由于美国的储蓄不足以及对美元走势的忧虑，长期利率应会出现升幅。
Compare this to the failure of Lehman's unregulated credit default swaps and non-cleared interest rate swaps, which triggered chaos in the market because these contracts were not centrally cleared.
相比之下，雷曼未受监管的信贷违约互换和非清算利率互换合约则引发了市场的混乱，因为这些合约没有进行集中清算。
You might find reading other people's coming out stories of interest as they often talk about how they knew they were different to their peers.
阅读别人的出柜故事十分有趣，他们通常会讲述如何知道自己与同龄人是不同的。
In all, Mr Berlusconi's legacy will be the further weakening of institutions that were not strong to begin with, and an even greater tolerance for damaging conflicts of interest.
总的来说，老贝留下的会是一个原本就不强势现今更加衰落的机构，和对利益冲突危害的更多的容忍。
The boys were enchanted, as she had intended them to be, and they hastened to apologize for boring her. They thought none the less of her for her lack of interest.
小伙子们给迷住了，这正中她的心意，于是他们向她道歉，他们并不因为她对战争不感兴趣而丝毫轻视她。
The boys were enchanted, as she had intended them to be, and they hastened to apologize for boring her. They thought none the less of her for her lack of interest.
小伙子们给迷住了，这正中她的心意，于是他们向她道歉，他们并不因为她对战争不感兴趣而丝毫轻视她。
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