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

• I had was a death sentence.
  我被判死刑了。
• 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。
• 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。
• I have the death sentence on12 systems.
  我在12个星系里被判了死刑。
• 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。
• 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。
• There are few discussions in respect to the standards of death sentence and the sentencing procedures applied such standards.
  但很少讨论死刑判决的标准和适用该标准的量刑程序。
• I provided the evidence which led to the death sentence.
  我提供了导致他判处死刑的证据。
• The experience deeply affected Kim, who remained resolutely opposed to the death sentence throughout his time in office.
  这一经历深深地影响了金大中，在他担任总统期间，他一直坚决反对死刑。