We live in a culture that encourages egotism .

我们生活在鼓励实现自我价值的文化里。

Polish charges of eu egotism can grate .

波指责欧盟自负之声还不绝于耳。

I 'm not sure how to explain this pattern , but I don 't think it 's pure egotism .

我不知道该如何解释这种现象，但我不认为这是纯粹的利己主义。

Her problem is rather that she confuses her own promethean egotism with an ambition for her daughters .

她的问题是，她把自己普罗米修斯式的自我中心与她对女儿的期望混为一谈。

Saddam hussein was one of the last of the 20th century 's great dictators , but not the least in terms of egotism , or cruelty , or morbid will to power .

萨达姆当属20世纪最后的大独裁者之一，个人崇拜、手段残忍以及对权力充满病态欲望等特征在他身上一览无余。