2. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and
self-complacent is erroneous;
成功让人腐败,使人变得变得虚荣、以自我为中心、自我满足,这种普遍观点是错误的;
3. When Pierre went up to them he noticed that Vera was in full flow of
self-complacent talk, while Prince Andrey seemed embarrassed—a thing that rarely happened to him.
当皮埃尔走到他们跟前,他发现,薇拉正在洋洋自得地谈话,安德烈公爵(对他来说,这是少有的事)看样子感到困窘不安。