If they can discern no such traditional rationale to U.S. behavior, they ascribe our motives not to altruism but to a hidden agenda for domination.

• 如果他们找不到这样的传统理由来解释美国的举动，他们便会将我们的行为动机归咎于某种隐匿的称霸计划，而不会将其归诸于所谓的利他主义。