self-aggrandizement

If our relationship with others is based on self-aggrandizement , and our relationship to property is acquisitive , the structure of society is bound to be competitive and self-isolating .

如果我们和他人的关系是基于自我扩张，和财物的关系是基于贪得无厌，则社会的结构必然是竞争性的、孤立性的。

Social drinking in a festive environment can make one feel like the king or queen of the world , and in a moment of self-aggrandizement he or she might buy rounds of drinks for everyone-on the house .

欢庆之时，为社交而饮酒的各位，会有种世界唯我独尊的错觉，甚至某些人为了逞一时之威，而独自承担到场嘉宾的全部饮酒费用。

Because the self may very well wish one to go in a direction that the ego would prefer not to go in-a direction that might lead not to a path of self-aggrandizement but to a path of sacrifice .

因为自性可能期望一个人进入一个自我不期望进入的方向一个不走向自我积资的道路而是走向自我牺牲的路。