self-restraint

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But there is also the matter of self-restraint and good taste, and I lament their passing from American society.
但這里還有個(gè)自制力和品位的問題，我為它們從美國社會(huì)消亡而扼腕。
The Republicans need to demonstrate that they understand the importance of self-restraint, both at home and abroad.
共和黨需要證明他們理解自我克制（針對國內(nèi)和國際事務(wù)）的重要性。
Others are having to show more self-restraint: Goldman Sachs has promised to pay bonuses to its top 30 employees purely in shares.
其他人則不得不表現(xiàn)得更自制：高盛承諾完全通過股票來支付前30位雇員的紅利。

The kind of discipline and self-restraint necessary for an educated mind appears, for him, to be unequally divided among human beings.
那種受過教育者,所必備的紀(jì)律與自制，對他而言似乎是不平等地,區(qū)隔了人群。
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Hardly. Does it not require those qualities of self-control, discipline, and restraint necessary to achieve success here?
不！難道不需要那些特質(zhì)嗎,諸如自控，紀(jì)律與克制等，以求在此取得成功？
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Restraint or self-control is necessary for freedom or self-government.
克制與自控,是自由的必備條件或自我管理。
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If Turkey were a totalitarian state, there would be no case for Armenian self-restraint.
ECONOMIST: Armenians and Turks

If you show self-restraint, you do not do something even though you would like to do it, because you think it would be better not to.