释义 |
Examples:fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain—seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything—exchange cards containing personal details (when taking an oath of fraternity)—open one's eyes wide at the sight of profit (idiom); thinking of nothing but personal gain—King Wu of Zhou, personal name Ji Fa, reigned 1046-1043 BC as first king of Western Zhou dynasty 1046-1043 BC—Pu Yi, personal name of the last Qing emperor (reigned as child 1909-1911), the subject of Bertolucci's biopic The Last Emperor—assume personal responsibility (idiom); to take charge of a section—fraudulent personal gain (idiom); engage in corrupt practice—(according an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students—for the common good and forgetting personal interests (idiom); behave altruistically—the common good above everything without no regard for personal interests (idiom); behave altruistically—bravery with no thought of personal safety (idiom); risking life and limb—taboo against using the personal names of emperors or one's elders—dash on bravely with no thought of personal safety (idiom); undaunted by dangers—(polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor—harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom); personal gain the detriment of others—damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom); personal profit at public expense—Yoshihito, personal name of Japanese emperor Taishō emperor (1879-1926), reigned 1912-1926—take advantage of official post for personal revenge [idiom.]—sb. with whom one has a close personal relationship— |