Life is a gift not an obligation.

生活是恩赐而不是义务。

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I consider life to be a right, not an obligation.

我认为生命是一种权利，不是义务。

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If they want to do it, it must be considered a favor, not an obligation.

他们如果愿意这样做，那就得看作是一种恩惠，而不是义务。

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Not only should one seek peace but we have an obligation, he says, to lay down our arms, to lay down our right to all things on the condition that others around us are prepared to do so as well.

我们不仅是应该寻求和平,还有义务来放下自己的武器，在周围的人准备同样作的情况之下,放弃我们对一切事物的权利。

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The rich had previously agreed to provide assistance for clean energy and other purposes but had not acknowledged an obligation for fixing the changing climate.

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" The head of Goldman's German operations, Alexander Dibelius, sparked more controversy in January by saying banks "do not have an obligation to promote the public good.

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