I 'm not sure how to explain this pattern , but I don 't think it 's pure egotism .
我不知道该如何解释这种现象，但我不认为这是纯粹的利己主义。
Her problem is rather that she confuses her own promethean egotism with an ambition for her daughters .
她的问题是，她把自己普罗米修斯式的自我中心与她对女儿的期望混为一谈。
Saddam hussein was one of the last of the 20th century 's great dictators , but not the least in terms of egotism , or cruelty , or morbid will to power .
