She and Robert's father had not given up hope that he might be alive.

她和罗伯特的父亲都没有放弃他可能还活着的希望。

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Why, Tom Sawyer, we wouldn't be alive two days if that got found out.

嘿，汤姆·索亚，要是让人发现了，我们连两天也活不成。

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In other words, a person who is suffering from the effects of severe cold may seem dead,but still be alive.

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Suppose we say then that to be alive as a person is to be able to engage in P-functioning.

假设我们说作为人而活着,就是有人格功能性。

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is like asking, "Might I still be alive after" well what's death? Death is the end of life.

等同于,我能继续活下去么,那么什么是死亡,死亡是生命的终结

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It turns out that being assumed dead and then discovered to be alive has its perks.

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He noted some clinic workers testified the babies didn't appear to be alive after birth.

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Maybe Pendleton, who was playing in a park with her friends, would still be alive.

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