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.- Some were serving life sentences for murder.
有些人因为谋杀罪在服无期徒刑。
- Some were serving life sentences for murder.
英英释义
noun
- a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
- he got life for killing the guard
双语例句
- 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。 - One of them has a life sentence.
他们中有一个是无期徒刑。 - We see by your file you've served twenty years of a life sentence.
我们从档案上看到你已服了二十年的终生监禁？ - Compared with life sentence, I think death penalty is crueler.
我觉得无期徒刑比死刑更残酷。 - Nancy Kissel was later convicted and is now serving a life sentence in prison.
南希基塞尔（NancyKissel）之后被判有罪，她在被判无期徒刑后至今仍在服刑。 - He is now serving a life sentence in an Italian jail.
他眼下正在意大利的一个监狱内服无期徒刑。 - Ramzi Yousef is later convicted of masterminding the attack and is serving a life sentence.
拉姆齐•尤塞夫（RamziYousef）后来因策划此次袭击而被定罪并判处终身监禁，目前正在服刑。 - 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。 - Was Pollard's life sentence just or was it too severe?
判处波拉德终身监禁是公正合理还是量刑过重？ - He is at present serving a life sentence.
他目前正在服无期徒刑。