The change is largely cosmetic, a matter of acceptable political rhetoric rather than social reality.

这一变化主要是表面文章，不过是受欢迎的政治性虚华词藻而非社会现实。

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We met at his house, though in a professional rather than social setting.

我们是在他的家里相遇的，尽管是出于职业需要而非社交之故。

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Mr Reich dismisses this as mere "smart management" rather than social responsibility.

Reich先生对这种说法不屑一顾，认为这只是“聪明的管理”而不是社会责任。

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But the Uruguayan leader, a doctor by training,lamented that Latin American governments are devoting growing resources to armaments rather than dealing with pressing social needs including health and education.

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So, we have a kind of image there of the autonomous aesthetic pleasure, right, the pleasure of imagination that's taken alone, according to one's own thoughts rather than in some broader, more social form.

好了，这就是一种自发的美学享受的情景,对，这就是独自幻想的乐趣，它出自人自己的想法，而不是一些更宽广的概念，不是一些更社会化的形式。

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Consumerism has turned into more of a question of personal identity rather than social mobility.

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Mr Morales has threatened USAID with expulsion in the past, saying that its programmes have "political rather than social" ends.

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What I do know is that questions of intention and identity rather than social convention or etiquette are what lubricated these interactions.

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