A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
权利
Rights
Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.
妇女权利不仅是一种抽象概念,一种事业;这也是一件私事。这不仅关乎我们;这也是关于我和你。就我们两个人。
The rights of the individual are greatly prized in the developed world, but in many other regions they are considered a luxury reserved for the impossibly wealthy.
在发达国家,个人的权利受到极大的重视,但在许多其他地区,个人的权利被认为是为极其富有的人保留的奢侈品。
When the public's right to know is threatened, and when the rights of free speech and free press are at risk, all of the other liberties we hold dear are endangered.
当公众知情权受到威胁,当言论自由和新闻自由的权利受到威胁,我们珍视的所有其他自由都将受到威胁。
The House of Commons, refused to receive the addresses of the colonies, when the matter was pending; besides, we hold our rights neither from them nor from the Lords.
在这件事悬而未决的时候,下议院拒绝接受殖民地的地址;我们既不向他们,也不向耶和华,谨守自己的权利。
We are forced by the major publishers to include electronic rights in the contracts we make with publishers for new books. And there's very little we can do about that.
主要出版商强迫我们在与出版商签订的新书合同中加入电子版权。对此我们无能为力。
Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights.
女人一直都很勇敢……他们在保护自己的孩子时总是无所畏惧,在上个世纪他们在争取自己权利的斗争中是无所畏惧的。
I'm also involved in the rights of the disabled and do some fundraising for that and I thought it would have been a big boost for the campaign but it couldn't be worked out.
我也参与了残疾人权利的活动,并为此筹集了一些资金,我认为这将大大促进这项运动,但这是无法实现的。
The right to have a slave implies the right in some one to make the slave; that right must be equal and mutual, and this would resolve society into a state of perpetual war.
拥有奴隶的权利意味着某人拥有奴役奴隶的权利;这种权利必须是平等和相互的,这将使社会陷入永远的战争状态。
I always believed that women have rights and that there are some women that are intelligent enough to claim those rights. There are some others that are stupid enough not to.
我一直认为,女性有权利,而且有些女性足够聪明,能够主张这些权利。还有一些人愚蠢到不这么做。
The Queen is most anxious to enlist everyone in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights'. It is a subject which makes the Queen so furious that she cannot contain herself.
女王最急于召集所有人来制止这种疯狂、邪恶、愚蠢的“妇女权利”。这是一个让女王怒不可遏的话题,她无法控制自己。
How, then, can the rights of three men exceed the rights of two men? In what possible way can the rights of three men absorb the rights of two men, and make them as if they had never existed.
那么,三个人的权利怎么能超过两个人的权利呢?三个人的权利怎样才能吸收两个人的权利,使他们仿佛从来没有存在过。
The only sound approach to collective bargaining is to work out an agreement that clarifies the rights and responsibilities of the parties, establishes principles and operates to the advantage of all concerned.
集体谈判的唯一健全办法是拟订一项协议,阐明当事各方的权利和责任,确立原则,并使所有有关各方都能受益。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
A paradise that you cannot leave is hell.
不能离开的天堂就是地狱。
In Spain there were no TV rights for Formula One.
在西班牙,一级方程式没有电视转播权。
Whose rights will we acknowledge? Whose human dignity will we respect? For whose well-being will we, as a people, assume responsibility?
我们将承认谁的权利?我们将尊重谁的人格尊严?作为一个民族,我们将为谁的福祉承担责任?
The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in.
把别人拒之门外的栅栏,也会把你自己关在里面。
The battle for the individual rights of women is one of long standing and none of us should countenance anything which undermines it.
争取妇女个人权利的斗争是长期存在的,我们任何人都不应该支持任何破坏它的东西。
What rights are those that dare not resist for them?
那些不敢反抗的人又有什么权利呢?