Female consumers had stronger self oriented motivations than male, especially in quality assurance and self-directed pleasure.

女性消费者的个人导向性动机相比男性更为明显，具体体现在对品质的追求和自我取悦两个动机上。

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Once a vegan, we are always so, because our motivation is not personal and self-oriented, but is based on concern for others and on our undeniable interconnectedness with other living beings.

一旦成为素食主义者，我们会永远是，因为我们的动机不是基于个人和自我的调节，而是基于关心他人，基于我们与其他生命之间无可否认的相互联系。

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Consequently generous people possess more authority and status than their more self-oriented peers. They are also likely to be more often chosen as partners and mates.

因此，慷慨的人比自私的人更有权威和地位，被选为伙伴或者配偶的可能性也更大。

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You must agree with me that perhaps he might have some bordello-oriented thoughts, there is no way in hell that this unspeakably self-controlled young man would actually find himself in a whorehouse.

你们必须同意我的看法,虽然弥尔顿有妓院为本的思想，但实在难以形容这位那么自律的年轻人,会去妓院。

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