The ex-communist countries of europe realise that it hurts their cause to sound plaintive , needy or nostalgic .
欧洲的前共产主义国家意识到这使得他们的动机不像是悲痛,贫穷和恋旧。
The complete opposite of being selfish , being generous can be attractive as well because it demonstrates that you are not needy and that you are wealthy .
这和自私完全相反,慷慨大方也是能够吸引人的,因为那就显示出你不贫穷和富有。
The desire to adopt needy children from other parts of the world especially during times of crisis is not an exclusively american impulse but it draws together several threads in our national character .
Their proposal , which originated with mexico , would see all countries , including big emerging economies such as china and excluding only the world 's poorest nations , pay into a fund that would be disbursed to the most needy .