death row

英 [ˌdeθ ˈrəʊ]

美 [ˌdeθ ˈroʊ]

n.  死囚牢房; 死囚区

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牛津词典

noun

• 死囚牢房；死囚区
  the cells in a prison for prisoners who are waiting to be killed as punishment for a serious crime
  1. prisoners on death row
     死囚区的犯人

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (监狱中的）死囚区
  If someone ison death row, they are in the part of a prison which contains the cells for criminals who have been sentenced to death.
  1. He has been on Death Row for 11 years...
     他已经在死囚区关了 11 年。
  2. Most death row inmates avoid execution for many years by filing several appeals.
     大多数死囚通过进行数次上诉将行刑时间拖延许多年。

英英释义

noun

• the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution
  Synonym:death house

双语例句

• Vampire mayor to reflect the humanity, he let priests pray to the prison death row.
  吸血鬼市长为了体现人道，他让牧师去监狱为死刑犯祈祷。
• I could be on death row because of you.
  因为你我差点就死了。
• Seventeen prisoners held on death row are to be executed after their pleas for clemency were turned down.
  17名死刑犯申请宽大处理遭到驳回后即将被处决。
• And spent years on death row.
  而且在监狱的死囚区呆了几年。
• He's been on death row for ten years, mcgee.
  他在受死名单上已经十年了，mcgee。
• What do people think about inmates on death row?
  那么人们对死囚的看法呢？
• You can imagine the calls we get from death row inmates.
  你可以想像得到有多少死囚来电。
• All those years on death row he only had one visitor, his lawyer.
  在死囚去的那些年他只有一个探望者，他的律师。
• A man on death row should behave himself.
  一个要死的人了很难正常行事。
• Even prisoners on death row get a little yard time.
  囚犯死之前都会有点自由时间的。