it could still be a bad thing that we die when we do.

死亡发生时仍然可能伤害我们
It could still be the case that we die too soon.

我们仍然可能死得太早
According to the deprivaton account, death is bad,

剥夺说指出死亡是坏事
when it's bad,

当它发生时
because of the fact that it deprives us of the good things in life,

它剥夺了我们生命中的美好事物
insofar as we would have continued to get good things in life.

只要我们活着就能得到的美好事物
But if life would no longer have anything good to offer you,

但如果生命不能再给你好东西
if what you then would have had would have been

如果你将得到的
something negative instead of something positive,

是负面的而不是正面的东西
then at that point, dying wouldn't actually be a bad thing.

那么这时死亡就不是坏事
It would be a good thing.

它会是好事
Death is bad insofar as it deprives you of

死亡只有在剥夺了你