7. Price knew about how to do people favors, sometimes just from kindness, but often out of _____.
A. self-interest
B. benevolence
C. magnanimity
D. opportunism
E. disinterest
F. mercy
这道题目答案给的AD, 难道利己主义=机会主义?我认为是BF, 因为前面有kindness,后面取反的话,应该是out of kindness。而我们需要的是out of 后面的空, BF 都是kindness的意思。帮忙解答一下,谢谢!或者答案有误?作者: shenbaihua 时间: 2016-8-13 11:50:41
2L was wrong. Out of是出于什么的意思,比如out of curiosity就是出于好奇心,out of interest就是出于兴趣。这里的意思就是说尽管P帮助别人有时是出于善意,但经常却是出于利己的动机。
opportunitism,翻译过来是机会主义,其实就投机取巧的意思:利用为别人做好事来达到利己的目的。
其实这里还有一个隐含的背景知识是clinics,认为人类的一切行为均是出于利己主义动机,比如shrug off praise是为了being praised twice. 这个GRE填空题里经常会涉及。作者: nbshanshan 时间: 2017-4-23 07:16:41
有首歌叫out of love因为爱!作者: onelittlemajia 时间: 2017-4-23 10:10:04
agree with 我Me是个好人
Opportunism is the conscious policy and practice of taking advantage of circumstances – with little regard for principles, or with what the consequences are for others. Opportunist actions are expedient actions guided primarily by self-interested motives.