2010年9月9日 星期四

self-serving, self-serving hypothesis

Transocean hit back in a strongly-worded statement, dismissing a “self-serving report ... that attempted to conceal the critical factor that set the stage for the Macondo [well] incident: BP’s fatally flawed well design. In both its design and construction, BP made a series of cost-saving decisions that increased risk – in some cases, severely.”


Transocean用一份措辞严厉的声明发起反击,称“这份为BP利益服务的报告……试图掩盖使Macondo油井事故成为可能的一个关键因素,即BP存在致命缺陷的油井设计。在设计和建设过程中,BP为节约成本而作出的一系列决定增加了风险——在某些情况下,风险

self-serving

(sĕlf'sûr'vĭng)
adj.

1. Serving one's own interests, especially without concern for the needs or interests of others.
2. Exhibiting concern solely for one's own interests: a speech full of self-serving comments.

self-servingly self'-serv'ing·ly adv.


self-serving hypothesis
A hypothesis based on the observation that people sometimes make illogical attributions to enhance or protect their egos.

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