in the state of nature

基本解释

So these are the rights we have in the state of nature before there is any government.
这些就是我们在自然状态下就已经拥有的权利，是在政府存在之前就拥有的权利。
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It is only in the state of nature, he tells us, that individuals have the right to determine just and unjust, right and wrong for themselves.
他认为，只有在自然社会中，个人才有权力决定,什么是公正，不公正，什么是对什么是错。
Rousseau accuses Hobbes (and all other philosophers before himself) of attributing to mankind in the state of nature only characteristics of mankind in a state of civilization.
鲁索指控霍布斯（以及所有在他之前的哲学家）将人性特点只归因于文明的状况，忽视人性在自然下的状态。
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And you don't have to be too careful or fine about gradations of punishment in the state of nature.
而且在自然状态中，你不必,对实施惩罚的程度太过小心。
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But the enforcement power, the right to punish, everyone can do the punishing in the state of nature.
而说到执行权，惩罚权，自然状态下人人都能实施惩罚权。
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The answer to this Federal question, however, depends in part upon State law, which creates and governs the nature of interests in property.
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