A marketing strategy that exploits our dreams and desires for material gain?

一种利用我们的梦想和物质利益欲望的略？

I found a job with Xerox Corp. I joined it for one reason, and it was not for the benefits.

我在施乐公司找到了一份工作，我是有目的的，不过不是为了物质利益。

(Laughter) I think it's worth knowing, at least for consequential decisions like choosing who to vote for, that people aren't just motivated by material self-interestor by an affiliation to social and political group.

（笑声） 我认为值得了解的是，至少对于像选择投票给谁这样的重要决定，人们不仅仅是为了物质利益而受到社会和政治团体的隶属关系的激励。

" Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world." After it was read, celebrations rang out on the streets below, but not for long.

“我们的立场与奴隶制完全一致 - 这是世界上最大的物质利益。完后，下面的街道上响起了祝活动，但时间不长。

And then of course there is, in the civil service as elsewhere, the propensity to mask and disguise quite ordinary material interests under the cloak of presumably noble aspirations.

当然， 在公务员系统中如同其他领域一样，存在着一种倾向， 即在看似高尚的抱负之下掩盖相当普通的物质利益。

What you can get out of the relationship is primary — be it material gain, a sense of power, physical pleasure, or some form of ego gratification.

你能从这段关系中得到什么是最重要的——无论是物质利益、权力感、身体愉悦，还是某种形式的自我满足。

And so Luther is kind of bursting onto the scene with his own reasons that I don't think have really anything to do with material interests.

于是，路德以自己独特的理由突然出现在历史舞台上，我认为这些理由与物质利益毫无关系。

This means minors enjoy material benefits and legal protections that would have been the envy of those living in the past.

这意味着未成年人享有的物质利益和法律保护， 对于生活在过去的人来说是羡慕不已的。

That was plainly unacceptable to Carthage's elite, even leaving aside issues of prestige and the material benefits of influence in Sicily.

这对迦太基的精英来说显然是无法接受的，更不用说声望问以及在西西里岛拥有影响力的物质利益了。

It declared that such travelers as Goncharov were driven by the pursuit of truth, rather than material gain or power, which made their reports on natural history, ethnography, physical geography, and history particularly valuable for young readers.

它宣称，像冈察洛夫这样的旅行者是受追求理的驱使，而不是物质利益或权力，这使得他们关于自然历史、民族志、自然地理和历史的报告对年轻者特别有价值。

They're often more affluent, so they might have their own kinds of material interests as well.

他们通常更富裕，因此他们也可能有自己的物质利益。

Their consumption was usually excessive, as they tried to squeeze the maximum material benefits out of these short stints.

他们的消费通常过度，因为他们试图从这些短暂的阶段中榨取最大的物质利益。

Like the employees of the private sector, civil servants are well aware of the material benefits that come with their position, and most are inclined to defend these advantages vigorously to the detriment of the taxpayers.

与私部门的员工一样，公务员深知其职位带来的物质利益，大多数人倾向于极力维护这些优势， 从而损害了纳税人的利益。

So why do people still do what is definitely not in their material interest to do?

那么，为什么人们仍然会去做那些显然不符合他们物质利益的事情呢？

This would increase the costs of ruling, thereby annihilating its material advantages for the ruler.

这将增加统治成本，从而消除统治者从中的物质利益。

The point is that it is impossible to reap the material benefits that spring from the division of labor within the family without a minimum of trust and mutual appreciation.

关键在于，若缺乏起码的信任与相互欣赏，便无法在家庭内部实现劳动分工所带来的物质利益。

Intellectuals, too, stand to obtain substantial material benefits if they can contribute to maintaining, developing, and glorifying the double standard.

知识分子如果能够为维护、发展和美化双重标准做出贡献，同样也能获得可观的物质利益。

It may even be true that some of them follow this calling against their material self-interest.

甚至可能存在这样的情况：其中一些人违背了自身的物质利益，依然坚持这一职业。

Why do they focus on ascertainable details of immediate utilitarian relevance rather than on the long-run emotional and material benefits of family life?

为什么他们更关注具有直接实用价值的可确定细节，而不是家庭生活中长期的感情和物质利益呢？

Clearly, virtuous behavior more often than not entails material benefits for others.

显然，美德行为往往能给他人带来物质利益。