In fact, when you break a rule or law, you lose control over your life and give others the power to impose punishment that you have no control over.

事实上，当你违反了一个规则或法律，你就失去了对你的生活的控制，并给予别人施加于你惩罚的权力，这种惩罚是你无法控制的。

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Those who were not allowed to punish the free-riders actually felt better later than those who could - and did - impose punishment.

而那些不允许惩罚搭便车者的人事实上比允许并实际惩罚了搭便车者的人有更好的心理感觉。

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Indecision let many people faced with misfortune, it will make people disappointed about some things, and then impose punishment on themselves.

⊙、优柔寡断让许多人面临不幸，它会使人对一些事情失望，然后把惩罚强加在自己身上。

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The bill aims to restore to the judiciary the ability to bring in non mandatory life sentences and at the same time impose the punishment part of the sentence.

BBC: Criminal Cases Bill debate 1

Last week it emerged that the Football League could still impose a punishment if a significant proportion of the football club's debt was wiped out by its parent company entering administration.

BBC: Saints expect to avoid punishment

What this means is rather than trying to catch every cheater you randomly sample for cheating and if you find incontrovertible proof then you impose a punishment so viciously harsh that fear of it deters all possible cheaters.

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