clemency
英 [ˈklemənsi]
美 [ˈklemənsi]
n. (对受惩罚的人表现出的)仁慈，慈悲; 宽恕; 宽容
BNC.25879 / COCA.18529
牛津词典
noun
- （对受惩罚的人表现出的）仁慈，慈悲；宽恕；宽容
kindness shown to sb when they are being punished; willingness not to punish sb so severely- a plea for clemency
乞求开恩
- a plea for clemency
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 宽大;轻判;宽恕
If someone is grantedclemency, they are punished less severely than they could be.- 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。
- Seventeen prisoners held on death row are to be executed after their pleas for clemency were turned down.
英英释义
noun
- leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
- he threw himself on the mercy of the court
- good weather with comfortable temperatures
双语例句
- Perform meritorious service to atone for one's crimes so as to obtain clemency from the people.
立功赎罪，以求得人民的宽恕。 - Used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy.
用来指人或者行为；表现出没有宽厚或者仁慈。 - Here stooping to your clemency.
在这里屈身于你的温和中。 - Appeals for clemency by the lawyers of the condemned men.
律师为被判刑者提出的要求宽大处理的上诉。 - I assume you've come here to plead for clemency on your husband's behalf.
我想您来此是为了替您丈夫请求宽待。 - Singapore has executed two Africans for drug smuggling despite a plea of clemency from Nigeria's president.
新加坡处死了两名走私毒品的非洲人，尽管尼日利亚总统此前请求给予从宽处理。 - The Republican Party has vociferously opposed any clemency for convicted terrorists.
共和党已经高声反对给被判有罪的恐怖分子以任何仁慈。 - He'll resign without a fight in exchange for clemency.
他可能会主动辞职来换取赦免。 - England is not known for the clemency of its climate.
英格兰并不以气候温和出名。 - He was indistinctly conscious that the pardon of this priest was the greatest assault and the most formidable attack which had moved him yet, that his obduracy was finally settled if he resisted this clemency;
他仿佛觉得，神甫的原有是使他回心转意的一种最大的迫击和最凶猛的攻势，如果他对那次恩德还要抵抗，那他就会死硬到底，永不回头；