Men are rewarded or punished not for what they do but for how their acts are defined. That is why men are more interested in better justifying themselves than in better behaving themselves.
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interested
['ɪntrəstɪd]
adj. 感兴趣的;拥有权益的;有成见的;
v. 使…感兴趣(interest的过去分词);
💡 interest兴趣+ed形容词后缀 → 感兴趣的
"He is interested in the issues of crime and criminology."
他对犯罪及犯罪学方面的问题感兴趣.
近义：concerned, affected
反义：apathetic, impassive, imperviable, impervious, incurious, indifferent
pron. 他[她，它]们自己;他们亲自;“himself”的复数;“herself”的复数;
💡 them他们+selves自己的复数 → 他们自己,
"All our officers are trained to defend themselves against knife attacks."
我们所有的警察都接受过自卫训练，能够对付持刀袭击。
近义：herself, himself, itself, oneself, them, yourself
adj. 较好的;更合适的;能力更强的;好转的;
adv. 更好地;更妥;更;
v. 胜过;上进;
n. 更好者;更有才智者;
"We're hoping for better weather tomorrow."
我们希望明天天气转好。
近义：improve, perfect, upgrade, meliorate, complete, enrich
反义：intensify, worsen, aggravate, deteriorate, exacerbate, lousy
a. 清晰的, 轮廓分明的；有定义的, 确定的
近义：bounded, determinate, distinct
反义：imprecise, indeterminate, lax, loose, mistakable, sketchy