Therefore, animals cannot have rights. The idea of punishing a tiger that kills somebody is absurd, for exactly the same reason, so is the idea that tigers have rights.因此动物不可能有权利。惩罚吃人的老虎的想法是荒谬的。同样，认为老虎有权利也是荒谬的。However, this is only one account, and by no means an uncontested one. It denies rights not only to animals but also to some people—for instance, to infants, the mentally incapable and future generations.
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account / əˈkaunt / n. 账户；理由；认知理解uncontested / ˌʌnkənˈtestid / adj. 无争议的infant / ˈinfənt / n. 婴幼儿incapable / inˈkeipəbl / adj. 没有能力的generation / ˌdʒenəˈreiʃn / n. 一代人However, this is only one account, and by no means an uncontested one. It denies rights not only to animals but also to some people—for instance, to infants, the mentally incapable and future generations.然而，这只是一种认识，而且是一种有争议的认识。这种认识不仅剥夺了动物的权利，而且也剥夺了某些人的权利，例如婴儿，这些还不会用大脑来思考问题的下一代。1. 首句为and连接的并列句，后半句为省略形式，by no means an uncontested one = by no means is this an uncontested one; 当前后主语一致时即可省略主语和系动词，其中by no means 之后的语序为半倒装（详见下文）。2. 二句主干为主谓宾，即It denies rights; not only to animals but also to some people为后置定语修饰rights;3. “—”之后的for instance, to infants, the mentally incapable and future generations是some people 的同位语，解释说明some people 的具体内容。In addition, it is unclear what force a contract can have for people who never consented to it: how do you reply to somebody who says “I don’t like this contract”?
