| 单词 | death penalty |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdeath penalty death penalty n. the punishment of a crime by execution; cf. capital punishment n. at capital adj. and n.2 Compounds 1a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] deatheOE justificationa1419 capital punishment1581 death penalty1836 rope1934 1836 C. Jillson in J. Reed Hist. Rutland: Worcester County, Mass. 184 A concise and authentic account of all the executions which have transpired in this county, together with biographical sketches of those who have here suffered the Death Penalty. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) ii. xiv. 155 The death-penalty of the law of Moses. 1947 ‘P. Wentworth’ Wicked Uncle xxxiv. 236 Proof that he had been concerned in treasonable correspondence with the enemy would certainly have meant a serious term of imprisonment, if not the death penalty. 1979 Guardian 6 July 26/2 The plan is for an unwhipped vote on a motion covering the principle of the return of the death penalty. 2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Feb. (Front section) 9/6 The charge carries the death penalty. < as lemmas |
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