The punishment worked on three levels: as a form of public humiliation, as a slow and lingering death, and as a punishment after death.

这是蕴含三层含义的惩罚：公开场合的羞辱，痛苦缓慢的死亡，甚至还有死后的刑罚。

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Daniel: [Eulogy] we're just thrown here together in a world filled with chaos and confusion... with death always lingering around the corner... And we do our best.

丹尼尔(颂词)：我们只是一起被扔在一个充满了混乱和困惑的世界里……而死亡又总是在拐角处徘徊逗留……我们只能拼尽全力。

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We're all just thrown in here together in a world full of chaos and confusion, a world full of questions and no answers, with Death always lingering around the corner.

我们只是都被扔进了一个杂乱纷扰的世界，一个充满疑问却没有答案的世界，一个死亡的阴影一直游荡在角落里的世界。

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Actress Natalie Wood's death certificate has been amended to reflect some of the lingering questions surrounding the star's death in 1981.

BBC: Natalie Wood's death certificate amended

It is a lingering death and you are increasing the torture by denying them the food and drink and drips and medication.

BBC: Paul Ghuman

Looking at these trends, it seems overwhelmingly probable that we will look back on the death penalty as a shameful bit of lingering of savagery.

FORBES: Better Angels or Bread and Circuses?