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Good self-esteem is a prerequisite for a happy life.

良好的自尊心是幸福生活的先决条件。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

Another important trait was self-esteem: Does the person feel good about himself or herself?

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Franny again cleared her throat. Apparently, her self-imposed sentence of unadulterated good listenership had been fully served. "Why?" she asked.

弗兰尼又清了喉咙，他的自欺式的自白得到了倾听,遇到了好听众，为什么，她问。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

What's the point of all of this study, all of this work, ?" all of this self-denial if I could just wind up" ? - this is a good question -- if I could just wind up dead tomorrow?

要是我就要死了，这所有的学习，努力，自我克制还都有什么意义“,-这是个好问题--要是我明天就死了呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

Self-sacrifice is said to be the good, self-interest the evil.

FORBES: By Eliminating Failure, The Government Robs Us Of Success

Ultimately, the only way out of this looming crisis lies with the boomer gentry doing something totally out of character: getting past their self-interest and self-love for the good of the next generation.

FORBES: New Geographer

The book brims not only with the self-exculpation you might expect but also with a good deal of self-congratulation which, in the circumstances, you might not.

ECONOMIST: Lexington