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

• Two months later he was handed a life sentence and as harsh as that was, in our hearts it felt like a victory as we had feared he would have been sentenced to death.
  两个月后，他被判处无期徒刑，尽管这一判决过于严酷，但我们心里却觉得像是打了一场胜仗，因为我们原本担心他会被判处死刑。
• Cases deemed serious by the authorities carry a maximum life sentence.
  被官方视为严重的案件最高可判无期徒刑。
• Compared with life sentence, I think death penalty is crueler.
  我觉得无期徒刑比死刑更残酷。
• 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。
• He is at present serving a life sentence for murder.
  因杀人他眼下在服无期徒刑。
• The murderer was given a life sentence. Girls were practising unarmed combat.
  杀人凶手被判无期徒刑。姑娘们在练习徒手搏斗。
• 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。
• In a case of premeditated murder a life sentence is mandatory
  蓄意杀人依法要判无期徒刑。
• 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。
• But you are at least a life sentence.
  但你至少是个无期徒刑。