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。

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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。

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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。

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Afzali is accused of lying when, during an FBI interview, he said he did not tell the father and son they were subjects of interest to authorities.

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If a case of polio emerged in the community, the chances that it could spread to other children or to your child were high; so, great interest in this in the early part of this century.

如果在某个社区出现一例脊髓灰质炎患儿,那么你的孩子或者更多别的孩子,被传染的几率非常高,所以 二十世纪初的科学家们,热衷于研究脊髓灰质炎

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"A lot of the photographs I've got were of him smiling - but they were of no interest to anybody at the time because everyone wanted to see the mean, moody, sexy man, " he says.

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The Tigers' explanation that the elections were of no interest to Tamil voters had some truth.

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His comments and disclosures were of particular interest to me and my colleagues because of our work in designing, training, and using covert entry tools in connection with government operations.

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