self-interested的意思|示意

At the same time, we may notice that generous people don't necessarily suffer more or flourish less than those who are more self-interested.

同时，我们可能注意到，慷慨的人不一定比较自私的人遭受的痛苦多，或者得到的幸福少。

So what did Adam Smith mean by rational and self-interested behavior?

因此，亚当·斯密什么意思理性和自我利益的行为呢？

Many wanted to freeze the EU’s budget, but the more indulgent (and the self-interested) accepted a compromise of a 2.9% rise.

不少国家希望冻结欧盟的预算，而一些较宽容的国家出于自身的利益采取了妥协结果，同意2.9%的增长。

Narrowly self-interested behaviour is ultimately self-defeating.

狭隘自私的行为最终会自拆台脚。

This wasn't a perfect strategy, or even a noble one, but it was supremely self-interested approach that ensured U.S. primacy for decades.

这不是什么完美的策略，甚至并不高尚。但却非常自利，确保了美国数十年的国际领先地位。

Or is it just because I don't want to confront the fact that people are the way they are, which is to say fundamentally self-interested?

还是说仅仅是因为我不愿意相信人类就像他们说的那样，从根本上是自利的这个事实呢？