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

• 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。
• His actions led to a death sentence, which was later commuted to a prison term.
  郗浩良的行动导致被判处死刑，后来减为有期徒刑。
• What you will be hearing is your own death sentence.
  你听了以后将是你的死期。
• The death sentence was commutable to life imprisonment.
  死刑可以被变更成无期徒刑。
• Dodd made no appeal of his death sentence and, further, instructed his attorney to sue anyone who succeeds in delaying his execution.
  多德没有对自己的死刑判决提起上诉，而且他还要求自己的律师起诉任何成功使得这一死刑暂缓执行的人。
• 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。
• Housebreakings and robberies are increasing despite the fact that the death sentence can now be imposed for such offences.
  虽说现在可对入室偷窃犯和抢劫犯处以死刑，但此类案件仍不断上升。
• I have the death sentence on12 systems.
  我在12个星系里被判了死刑。
• 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。
• You make it sound like a death sentence.
  你说的好像是被判了死刑一样。