by rights

基本解释

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.
他们说，根据正当权利（或按理说），轻快和技术先进的奋进号---建造起来代替损失的挑战者号的大部分零部件来自为其它宇宙飞船准备的---应该归属于休斯敦而不是洛杉矶。
BY RIGHTS, the Pioneer 10 and 11 space probes should no longer be of interest to anyone.
公正地说，“拓荒者”第10、11号航天探测器应该已不再能引起人们的兴趣。
BY RIGHTS, giving long-term South Korean residents in Japan the right to vote in local elections should be uncontroversial.
照理来说，赋予长期定居在日本的韩国居民在当地选举中的投票权应该毫无争议。

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.
它的所有权也许属于其他个体,但它有自己权利和义务,就像个自然人一样
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Well, the Greeks had no concept of natural rights, or of rights that human beings were given by the gods.
当然,古希腊人没有自然权利,或者天赋人权的概念
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Government, like anyone else, by rights can do anything it wants with its money.
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