death penalty

英 [ˈdeθ penəlti]

美 [ˈdeθ penəlti]

n.  死刑; 极刑

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牛津词典

noun

• 死刑；极刑
  the punishment of being killed that is used in some countries for very serious crimes
  1. the abolition/return of the death penalty
     死刑的废除 / 恢复
  2. The two men are facing the death penalty .
     这二人面临死刑。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 死刑;极刑
  The death penaltyis the punishment of death used in some countries for people who have committed very serious crimes.
  1. If convicted for murder, both youngsters could face the death penalty.
     如果谋杀罪名成立，这两个年轻人都可能会被判处死刑。

英英释义

noun

• putting a condemned person to death
  Synonym:executionexecutingcapital punishment

双语例句

• I can't agree with the letter writer who claims bringing back the death penalty would be an abuse of human rights.
  我不能赞同写信人所称恢复死刑就是侵犯人权的说法。
• The Government of Jamaica consider it imprudent to abolish the death penalty.
  牙买加政府认为废除死刑是轻率之举。
• New Zealand abolished the death penalty for murder in 1941.
  1941年新西兰废除了对谋杀罪的死刑。
• Still, advocates of the death penalty argue that abolishing capital punishment would hurt crime victims and their families.
  然而，死刑的拥护者们表示废除死刑可能伤害到刑事犯罪的受害者和他们的家人们。
• Therefore the death penalty because its severity becomes the attack crime and the maintenance social stability most effective weapon.
  因此死刑因其严厉性成为打击犯罪和维护社会稳定的最有效武器。
• The president has introduce the death penalty for certain crime against the state.
  总统介绍了对付某些反对国家罪行的死刑。
• Although life imprisonment is a better substitute for the death penalty sentence.
  虽然无期徒刑是一种代替死刑的比较好的刑罚。
• It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty.
  这是间谍罪，应判死刑。
• I saw on the TV of a death penalty execution yesterday.
  我昨天在电视上看到了执行死刑。
• If convicted for murder, both youngsters could face the death penalty.
  如果谋杀罪名成立，这两个年轻人都可能会被判处死刑。