| 单词 | indeterminate sentence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasindeterminate sentence e. indeterminate sentence, a sentence in a criminal case which leaves the prisoner's release dependent on his conduct and on the probability of his amendment; indeterminate vowel, the ‘obscure’ vowel /ə/, mid-mixed-wide; = sheva n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [noun] > sentence or term of > indeterminate indeterminate sentence1873 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] > types of naso-vocal1669 sheva1818 union vowel1821 shut sound1841 cardinal vowel1851 u-sound1852 neutral vowel1868 O1869 wide1870 vincular1871 indeterminate vowel1873 u-vowel1886 orinasal1887 pharyngal1887 glide-vowel1888 schwa1895 murmur vowel1910 murmured vowel1933 1873 E. C. Wines Rep. Internat. Penitentiary Congr. 1872 xxxviii. 273 It is extremely doubtful whether society will, or could, ever become reconciled to so great a change on the sudden as that from determinate to wholly indeterminate sentences. 1888 J. E. King & C. Cookson Princ. Sound & Inflexion Greek & Lat. 70 The same indeterminate vowel appears in Sk., where it is called a svarabhakti vowel. 1894 W. M. Lindsay Lat. Lang. 257 The obscure or indeterminate vowel (like the Hebrew sheva). 1962 Listener 15 Feb. 290/1 Indeterminate sentences have been common in western Europe and the United States for some time. 1972 N.Y. Law Jrnl. 14 Nov. 6/5 People, &c., v. Manuel Santos—Indeterminate sentence. < as lemmas |
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