wèi le / bǎo zhù / zhí wèi / tā / jìng rán / mài shēn tóu kào / quán shì rén wù / fàng qì le / zì jǐ / de / yuán zé为了保住职位,他竟然卖身投靠权势人物,放弃了自己的原则。To keep his position, he went so far as to sell himself to a powerful figure and abandon his principles.