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

• His death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment
  他的死刑被减为无期徒刑。
• The death sentence is revoked; but not living punishment.
  死罪已免，活罪难饶。
• 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。
• I had was a death sentence.
  我被判死刑了。
• Do you know there is a new executed way to death sentence?
  你知道死刑有了新的执行方法了吗？
• 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。
• I have the death sentence on12 systems.
  我在12个星系里被判了死刑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。