life sentence

英 [ˈlaɪf sentəns]

美 [ˈlaɪf sentəns]

n.  无期徒刑; 终身监禁

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 无期徒刑；终身监禁
  the punishment by which sb spends the rest of their life in prison

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 无期徒刑；终身监禁
  If someone receives alife sentence, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life, or for a very long period of time.
  1. Some were serving life sentences for murder.
     有些人因为谋杀罪在服无期徒刑。

英英释义

noun

• a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
  1. he got life for killing the guard
  Synonym:life

双语例句

• Or serve a life sentence here.
  否则就是在这里的无期徒刑。
• He is serving life sentence for murder of13 women.
  他因谋杀了13名妇女而在服无期徒刑。
• The crime carries a sentence of at least twenty years in prison and a possible life sentence.
  该罪名量刑至少二十年监禁甚至终身监禁。
• He is at present serving a life sentence for murder.
  因杀人他眼下在服无期徒刑。
• In August, I harvested the mother has a life sentence plain and muttered philosophical discourse is fundamental to life and the harvest.
  八月，我收获的是母亲那句朴实却具有人生哲理的喃喃话语，是为人生之根本而收获。
• We see by your file you've served twenty years of a life sentence.
  我们从档案上看到你已服了二十年的终生监禁？
• One of them has a life sentence.
  他们中有一个是无期徒刑。
• He's serving a life sentence for murder.
  他因谋杀而被判了无期徒刑，目前正在服刑。
• Eventual retirement looms not as a release but as a daunting life sentence.
  最终的退休不会是一种解脱，倒像是令人畏缩的无期徒刑判决。
• He is at present serving a life sentence.
  他目前正在服无期徒刑。