by rights

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By rights, they say, the spritely and technically advanced Endeavour—built to replace the lost Challenger largely from spare parts intended for other shuttles—should go to Houston, not Los Angeles.
他們說，根據(jù)正當(dāng)權(quán)利（或按理說），輕快和技術(shù)先進(jìn)的奮進(jìn)號(hào)---建造起來代替損失的挑戰(zhàn)者號(hào)的大部分零部件來自為其它宇宙飛船準(zhǔn)備的---應(yīng)該歸屬于休斯敦而不是洛杉磯。
BY RIGHTS, the Pioneer 10 and 11 space probes should no longer be of interest to anyone.
公正地說，“拓荒者”第10、11號(hào)航天探測(cè)器應(yīng)該已不再能引起人們的興趣。
BY RIGHTS, giving long-term South Korean residents in Japan the right to vote in local elections should be uncontroversial.
照理來說，賦予長期定居在日本的韓國居民在當(dāng)?shù)剡x舉中的投票權(quán)應(yīng)該毫無爭(zhēng)議。

It was taken from the historic "I Have a Dream" speech by civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior.
It may be owned by other individuals but it has its own rights and responsibilities as if it were a person.
它的所有權(quán)也許屬于其他個(gè)體,但它有自己權(quán)利和義務(wù),就像個(gè)自然人一樣
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Well, the Greeks had no concept of natural rights, or of rights that human beings were given by the gods.
當(dāng)然,古希臘人沒有自然權(quán)利,或者天賦人權(quán)的概念
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Government, like anyone else, by rights can do anything it wants with its money.
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