death sentence

英 [ˈdeθ sentəns]

美 [ˈdeθ sentəns]

n.  死刑

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 死刑
  the legal punishment of being killed for a serious crime
  1. to be given/to receive the death sentence for murder
     因谋杀罪被判死刑

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 死刑（判决）
  Adeath sentenceis a punishment of death given by a judge to someone who has been found guilty of a serious crime such as murder.
  1. His original death sentence was commuted to life in prison.
     他最初的死刑被减为终身监禁。

双语例句

• A Beijing court has handed a suspended death sentence to a top food and drug official for bribery charges.
  北京一家法院对国家食品与药物监管部门一名被控受贿的高层官员判处死刑，缓期执行。
• But a murderer's chances of suffering arrest, trial and the death sentence are minimal.
  但谋杀犯被捕获、审判与判死刑的几率却非常小。
• He appealed for commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment.
  他已上诉请求将死刑减为无期徒刑。
• I had was a death sentence.
  我被判死刑了。
• You don't know what it's like to live with a death sentence hanging over your head.
  你不知道那种头上悬了一把剑的生活是怎样的。
• Upon hearing the diagnosis, people think it is a death sentence.
  一听到诊断结果后，人们就会觉得自己被判了死刑。
• Do you know there is a new executed way to death sentence?
  你知道死刑有了新的执行方法了吗？
• I have the death sentence on12 systems.
  我在12个星系里被判了死刑。
• The2004 death sentence had been upheld last week by Libya's Supreme Court.
  上周利比亚高等法院维持了2004年对这些护士和医生死刑的原判决。
• I provided the evidence which led to the death sentence.
  我提供了导致他判处死刑的证据。