by rights

基本解釋

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)正當權(quán)利（或按理說），輕快和技術(shù)先進的奮進號---建造起來代替損失的挑戰(zhàn)者號的大部分零部件來自為其它宇宙飛船準備的---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號航天探測器應(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?shù)剡x舉中的投票權(quán)應(yīng)該毫無爭議。

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)也許屬于其他個體,但它有自己權(quán)利和義務(wù),就像個自然人一樣
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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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