They offer their charges a Faustian bargain, says Richard Beard: the tools of success (principally fluency and self-confidence) in return for emotional impoverishment.

理查德·比尔德说，这些学校向学生提供了一种浮士德式的交易：用成功的工具（主要是语言流利和自信）换取情感上的贫乏。

This Faustian bargain gave way within weeks to a complete seizure of power.

这种浮士德式的讨价还价在几周内就被完全夺取了权力。

Today, a Faustian bargain refers to a trade that sacrifices integrity for short-term gains.

今天，浮士德交易指的是为了短期利益而牺牲诚信的交易。

He was told he should be grateful for the prince's reforms and keep quiet, but he could not make that Faustian bargain, or abide the growing cult of personality and centralised power.

他曾被告知应对王储的改革心存感激并保持安静，但是他不能做这种浮士德式交易，或是忍受这种对个人或是集权的狂热崇拜。