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单词 death sentence
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Word forms: plural death sentences
countable noun
A death sentence is a punishment of death given by a judge to someone who has been found guilty of a serious crime such as murder.
His original death sentence was commuted to life in prison.

death sentence in British English

(dɛθ ˈsɛntəns)
noun
1. 
a sentence of capital punishment
His original death sentence was commuted to life in prison.
India's Supreme Court confirmed death sentences on four people.
2. 
something that leads inevitably to death
Multiple myeloma is not an inevitable death sentence.
Breast cancer used to be regarded as a death sentence.

Examples of 'death sentence' in a sentence
death sentence

Cancer was a death sentence.
The Sun (2014)
BACK in the 1970s cancer was a death sentence.
The Sun (2014)

In other languages
death sentence

British English: death sentence NOUN
A death sentence is a punishment of death given by a judge to someone who has been found guilty of a serious crime.
His original death sentence was commuted to life in prison.
  • American English: death sentence
  • Brazilian Portuguese: sentença de morte
  • Chinese: 死刑
  • European Spanish: condena a muerte
  • French: condamnation à mort
  • German: Todesurteil
  • Italian: condanna a morte
  • Japanese: 死刑宣告
  • Korean: 사형 선고
  • European Portuguese: sentença de morte
  • Latin American Spanish: condena a muerte

Chinese translation of 'death sentence'

death sentence

(Law)

n (c)

  1. 死刑判决(決) (sǐxíng pànjué)
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