The moai, he thinks, accelerated the self-destruction.

他认为，摩埃加速了自我毁灭。

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Carson was headed down a path of self-destruction until a critical moment in his youth.

如果不是抓住了青年时期的一个关键时刻，卡森很可能走上一条自我毁灭的道路。

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After all, she had never experienced anything like it before. Wouldn't it be self-destruction to give up what she was now?

小河流无法接受这种概念，毕竟它从未有过这样的经验，叫它放弃现在的样子，不等于是自我毁灭了吗？

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If not,the thinking goes, then self-interest will lead to overuse and destruction of shared resources.

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It illustrates Satan's self-destruction even as the main narrative of the simile portrays Satan's heroism.

这个故事讲述了撒旦的自我毁灭,尽管它也描述了撒旦的英雄主义。

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Embedded within the explicit plot of the simile is a secret, a kind of buried narrative, and it's a hidden story that illustrates Satan's self-destruction.

深藏在这个比喻精巧的情节布局里的，是一个秘密，一个被深埋已久的故事，一个隐藏着的，阐述了撒旦自我毁灭的故事。

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Yes, individuals sometimes act in their own self destruction as opposed to their self fulfillment.

FORBES: Self Interest: The Most Life Enhancing Driver of Them All

Whim worshipping only leads to self destruction, and any one is free to destroy themselves.

FORBES: Self Interest: The Most Life Enhancing Driver of Them All

That is if the security situation stabilizes and Libyans continue to rid their own streets of what can be called weapons of self destruction.

CNN: Disarming the streets to rebuild Libya