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rightraItnRight is what is considered to be morally good or acceptable.对,正确Your conscience should tell you the difference between right and wrong. [U]你的良心应该告诉你是与非之间的差别。I don't care about the rights and wrongs of the matter (= who is right or wrong) -- I just want you both to stop arguing. [C]我不关心谁对谁错----我只是想让你们停止争吵。They discussed the rights and wrongs of (= the moral arguments for and against) abortion.他们讨论了堕胎的是非曲直。A right is the claim which a person or animal has to be treated in a fair, morally acceptable or legal way, or to have the things that are necessary for life.权利She campaigned for women's rights during the 1960s. [C]她在20世纪60年代期间为妇女的权利而斗争。He's a gay rights activist. [C]他是一位同性恋权利活动家。She believes that adequate health care is a basic human right. [C]她认为充足的保健是一项基本的人权。Everyone has a right to education. [C]每个人都有受教育的权利。He demanded the right to a fair trial. [C]他要求公正审判的权利。Once a person is arrested, they have the right to call their lawyer. [C + to infinitive]人一旦被捕,就有叫律师的权利。Britain and Spain have been arguing over fishing rights (= who is legally allowed to catch fish in a particular place). [C]英国与西班牙为捕鱼权而争论不休。She has no more right to a company car than I have (= She does not deserve one more than I do). [C]她并不比我更有权有公司汽车。You're not my boss, so what right (= authority) have you got to criticize me? [C + to infinitive]你不是我的老板,因此你有什么权利批评我?You have every right (= You have a good reason) to complain. [C + to infinitive]你完全有权利抱怨。By rights (= If the situation was fair), I should go before you.按理,我应该在你前面走。She spoke first, by right of (= because of) her position as director.她首先讲话,因为她的职位是主管。If you are in the right, what you are doing is morally or legally correct.正确,有理If someone has a position in their own right, they have earned it or obtained it by themselves and not because of anyone else.凭本身的权利(实力,能力等)She's a millionaire in her own right.她凭借自身实力就是个百万富翁。If you are within your rights to do something, you are legally allowed to do it.有权做某事I think I'm quite within my rights to demand a full refund. [+ to infinitive]我认为我完全有权要求全额退款。When a vehicle or a person has (the) right of way on a road, other vehicles and drivers must allow them to go first, for example where roads cross.先行权,超行权Vehicles coming from the left have right of way.来自左方的车辆有先行权。A right of way is also a path or road over private land which people are legally allowed to walk along.依法准予通行的道路Some farmers illegally plough up rights of way which go across their fields.一些农民非法地耕起了穿过他们田地的道路。If you believe in a person's right-to-die, you support the belief that a person should be allowed to die naturally rather than being kept alive by medical methods when they are unlikely to get well again.死亡的权利If you believe in a person's right-to-life, you are against ABORTION (= the act of ending a pregnancy, usually by a medical operation).(胎儿)出生的权利
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