His father had taught him that diligence and persistence yielded honest work and that advancing one’s own interest was different from sabotaging someone else’s.
怎么理解这里的honest work?
His father had taught him that diligence and persistence yielded honest work and that advancing one’s own interest was different from sabotaging someone else’s.
参考译文:他的父亲曾经教导他勤奋和坚持会带来正直/踏踏实实的的工作以及促进某人自己的利益与蓄意破坏别人的利益是不同的。
备注:honest work=正直的工作/踏踏实实的工作/实实在在的工作
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