1.“We therefore，the Representatives of the United States of America，in General Congress assembled，appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions…… solemnly publish and declare that these united colonies are，and of right ought to be，free and independent states …… And for the support of this Declaration，with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence，we mutually pledge to each other our lives，our for-tunes and our sacred honor.
翻译：“因此，我们，在国会下集合的美利坚合众国代表，向最高的审判者呼吁，说明我们的严正意向……同时郑重宣布，这些联合一致的殖民地从此是自由和独立的国家，并且按其权利也必须是自由和独立的国家……为了支持这篇宣言，我们坚决信赖上帝的庇佑，以我们的生命、我们的财产和我们神圣的名誉，彼此宣誓。”
2.Honesty and rectitude are two of the aspects for the judgement of the social moral standards.
诚实和正直是衡量一个社会道德标准的2个方面。
3.Wherever possible, cloak yourself in rectitude.
尽可能披上正直的斗篷。
4.We, therefore, the representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the name, and by the authority of the good people of these colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these united colonies are, and of right ought to be free and independent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as free and independent states, they have full power to levey war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do.
因此，我们，在大陆会议下集会的美利坚合众国代表，以各殖民地善良人民的名义，非经他们授权，向全世界最崇高的正义呼吁，说明我们的严正意向，同时郑重宣布；这些联合一致的殖民地从此是自由和独立的国家，并且按其权利也必须是自由和独立的国家，它们取消一切对英国王室效忠的义务，它们和大不列颠国家之间的一切政治关系从此全部断绝，而且必须断绝；作为自由独立的国家，它们完全有权宣战、缔和、结盟、通商和采取独立国家有权采取的一切行动。
5.I am sure she is a paragon of rectitude.
我可以肯定她是个正直的完人。
6.Never turn aside from the path of rectitude.
不可背离正道。
7.In a soft voice which bears the traces of his native Hungary, he argues that it is time to rewrite the so－called Washington consensus－－the cocktail of liberalisation, privatisation and fiscal rectitude which the IMF has been preaching for 15 years.
带着匈牙利母语口音，他轻声地说，现在是修改所谓的"华盛顿共识"的时侯了。他指的是国际货币基金组织１５年来宣扬的自由化、私有化和财政透明的综合体制。
8.Despite her famous rectitude --she attended Mass daily and fined actors who cursed on her set.
她坚持每天参加弥撒，并且对那些在她的拍摄现场骂骂咧咧的演员处以罚款，因此她品行端正是出了名的。
9.Disciplinary measures should be taken against all persons who violate Party discipline, no matter who they are, so that clear differentiation is made between merits and demerits, rewards and penalties are meted out as deserved, and rectitude prevails and bad tendencies are stemmed.
对于违反党纪的，不管是什么人，都要执行纪律，做到功过分明，赏罚分明，伸张正气，打击邪气。
10.Never go aside from the path of truth and rectitude.
切勿偏离真理和正义之道。
