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

• They didn't want the death sentence and that opinion had an impact on the outcome.
  他们并不希望判处凶手死刑，这个意见影响了最终结果。
• 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。
• The death sentence is very common in China when the defendant is found guilty of murder.
  在中国，犯谋杀罪的被告被判处死刑是很常见的。
• The system of suspension of execution for death sentence is stated by Chinese Criminal Law.
  死缓是我国刑法典明文规定的死刑制度的组成部分。
• I had was a death sentence.
  我被判死刑了。
• But three years after the diagnosis, Lisa's death sentence was lifted& as her tumor unexpectedly disappeared.
  但离病情诊断三年后，莉萨的死刑判决却解除了：因为她体内的肿瘤神奇地消失了。
• His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment
  他的死刑被减为无期徒刑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。