公益精神 
public spirit
public spiritedness
- 克里斯托在论文中指出,所谓“公益精神”的含义,自18世纪开始宣扬。
As Kristol points out in the essay, the meaning of the phrase “public spiritedness” has flipped since the 18th century. - 更重要的制度,他们认为是公益精神---一种检验自我主义和自我放纵的习惯和态度的思想体系。
More important, they believed, was public spiritedness — a system of habits and attitudes that would check egotism and self-indulgence. - 现在,我们认为一个有公益精神的人,对公共问题积极参与,签署请愿书,会为了某项事业而成为活跃分子。
Now we think a public-spirited person is somebody with passionate opinions about public matters, one who signs petitions and becomes an activist for a cause.