但是，像萨科齐，他似乎准备把未来的利益放在首位，至少暂时会这么做。

But like Mr Sarkozy he seems ready to put future interests first, at least for the time being.

youdao

但是这些利益不总是交叠的，在这个仍是霍布斯哲学的世界，仍然掌握世界唯一超级力量的大国还是要把它自身的利益放在首位。

But they do not always overlap. And in a world that is still Hobbesian, the country that is for now still the world's sole superpower is going to continue to put its own interests first.

youdao

是时候将集体利益置于首位了。

This is a time to put the collective interest first.

youdao