The punishment worked on three levels: as a form of public humiliation, as a slow and lingering death, and as a punishment after death.

这是蕴含三层含义的惩罚：公开场合的羞辱，痛苦缓慢的死亡，甚至还有死后的刑罚。

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After tending his mother through a lingering death, he offered himself as a novice to the Vigil Knights, never revealing his identity.

在照顾母亲走过弥留之际以后，他以新人的身份参加了守夜骑士团，并对自己的身份绝对保密。

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Provided that falling love is hurt, lingering love is death, how can I go on?

既然陷入爱情是伤痛的，拖延的爱情是致命的，我如何继续？

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That kind of service-in-perpetuity could become the fate of a long list of technology that many people agree are right now lingering on death's doorstop.

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Actress Natalie Wood's death certificate has been amended to reflect some of the lingering questions surrounding the star's death in 1981.

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Looking at these trends, it seems overwhelmingly probable that we will look back on the death penalty as a shameful bit of lingering of savagery.

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