second, limited accountability is consistent with the buyer beware principle that permeates1 our laws of contracts and torts, as well as our notion in civil procedure that plaintiffs carry the burden of proving damage. in other words, the onus2 should be on consumers to protect themselves, not on companies to protect consumers.
第二,有限责任与购买者自我意识原理和大家对民法程序的认识相一致,所谓购买者自我意识是指渗透、融合在大家的合同法规中的一种原理,而关于民法程序的认识指--哪个起诉、哪个举证。换句话说,买家应该自我保护,而不是让企业保护他们。
it involves the extreme measure of taking the life of a terminally ill patient when the patient is in extreme pain and the chances for recovering appear to be hopeless.
当这个患者处在极度痛苦中并且无望康复的时候,这个(大夫参与的安乐死)便用一种极端的(法律赋予的)方法来结束晚期患者。
这里的measure指的是大夫可以在当这个重患者几乎没生还的期望的时候夺取他的生命的政策,也可以看成是法律规定所允许大夫的权利
for instance, doris porch wrote me about a man on death row in tennessee. he hired men to murder his wife. one threw in a rape3, free of charge.
譬如说,doris porch在一封信中告诉我了一个在田纳西death row的人。他雇了一些人去谋杀他的老婆。(这类人中)一个强奸了她,这(行为)(却)不犯法(即不遭到起诉)。
throw in是个词组,有engage的意思,也就是involve
despite assorted4 effusions to the contrary, there is no necessary link between scientific skill and humanism, and, quite possibly, there may be something of a dichotomy between them.
尽管有多种反面的热情表现,但科技和人文静术之间没势必的联系,并且二者之间非常可能还有分歧。to the contrary,我理解为,是用来讲明effusions与后面的notion是对立的
I believe many of the inmates5 with whom i work are persons like you and me. unfortunately, they took the road less traveled, and found themselves in a situation that was beyond their ability to handle or solve. this is not only man as the problem, but the problem of man.
我觉得我(在监狱)中共事的囚犯与你我一样。不幸的是他们误入歧途,最后对于所导致的局面无力挽回。这不止是社会中人的问题,而且也是(犯人)本身的问题。mw中对inmate的讲解是: : any of a group occupying a single place of residence; especially : a person confined 。
any of a group of british workers who between 1811 and 1816 rioted and destroyed laborsaving textile machinery6 in the belief that such machinery would diminish employment.
卢德派成员在1811年到1816年期间骚乱,并捣毁节省劳动力的纺织机器的英国工人。他们觉得这类机器会降低就业。
one who opposes technical or technological7 change.
反对技术或工艺变化的人