for oneself

基本解释

Having a partner in crime is all very well, but one does have to account for oneself a good deal.
即使是犯罪，有个伴总好过独自一人承受痛苦。单身的人却不得不好好为自己考虑。
When it comes to investing, nothing is more important than the ability to think rationally for oneself —and Buffett is unsurpassed on this front.
对于投资而言，没有比对自身进行理性思考的能力更重要的了——而巴菲特在这一点上，无人能出其右。
Although matching the specifics of Abraham Lincoln's career might not be a fair standard to set for oneself, we can still be informed by his general tenor and character.
尽管根据林肯的职业生涯来给自己制定标准可能并不公平，但是我们依然可以从他的崇高品德和人格中获得启迪。

Which questions and which thinkers ? should one pick up for oneself?
哪些问题和哪些思想家,是必需认识的呢？
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We are all endowed, he says, with a kind of natural right to life and the desire to preserve oneself is not just a biological fact, although it is also that, it is for him a moral right, it is a moral entitlement, every being has a fundamental right to its own life.
他说，我们具有，一种对生活的自然权利,和保护自己的欲望,这不只是一种生理现象，虽然是一种生理现象，对他来说这更是一种道德权利，是一种道德资格，每个人最自己的生活都有这种根本权利。
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The primary reason is to create a space for the individual, a zone for oneself within society.
ECONOMIST: Museum architecture
Johnson has been talking up the new store format, but better to visit and have a look for oneself.
FORBES: Connect