Everyone is an enforcer or what Locke calls " "the executor"of the state of nature and he means executor literally.

每个人都是执行者，或洛克说的,自然法的“执刑者,这个“执刑者“可以字面上理解。

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I won't get into definitions of what torture is but it would cause somebody tremendous pain and anguish to keep them from sleeping.

我就不解释什么是施刑了,如果不让人睡觉的话,会给人造成巨大的痛苦。

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It is a form of torture.

它是一种施刑工具。

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