汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 争名夺利
争名夺利 (爭名奪利)
to fight for fame, grab profit (idiom); scrambling for fame and wealth / only interested in personal gain
争夺名位和利益。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

世人都在争名夺利,一夜暴富者有之,一步登天者恒有之。

Everybody in the fame and fortune, who had the fortune overnight, ask for the moon are constant with them.

童年固然很幸福,孩子们没有经济上的忧愁,也没有争名夺利的焦虑。

Childhood may certainly be fairly happy, free from financial worries and the anxiety about social ladders.

我取我该得的,不道德的人以此掩人耳目,以此为争名夺利的冠冕堂皇的理由。

I get I deserve, immoral person to deceive the public as a benefit for the capture of high-sounding excuse.