The case has led some Austrians to question whether their sentencing system, in which the maximum life term usually means 15 years, is harsh enough.

这件事使一些澳大利亚人怀疑他们的审判系统是不够严厉，由于其最长监禁时间通常为5年。

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At the end of my term of enlistment I decided to return to civilian life.

在服役期末，我决定复员过平民生活。

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Over the course of time, we've become looser in applying the term "mental disorder" to the expectable aches and pains and sufferings of everyday life.

随着时间的推移，我们将“精神障碍”这一术语用于日常生活中可预期的疼痛、痛苦和折磨的界限愈加宽松了。

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The only one present to hear the sentence was Melaku Tefera, an organizer for the opposition Unity for Democracy and Justice Party, whose founder Birtukan Mideksa is serving a life term in connection with the 2005 violence.

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I don't mean make it always in terms of an IPO but have a long term life.

我说的成功并不限于上市，公开募股什么的,而是让公司长久的运营下去。

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but in that time, I'm hoping to set up my life such that one day, in the long term,

但长期以来，我希望有一天能够掌握自己的生活，

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Their appeals are being seen by some legal observers as a test of the whole-of-life term.

BBC: Whole life prison term challenged by five criminals

Oakes, of Steeple, near Maldon, was convicted at Chelmsford Crown Court and sentenced to a whole-life term.

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Her life term work was immortalised when the Hollywood legend Meryl Streep played her in a Broadway play.

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