单词 | life sentence |
释义 | life sentence From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Crime & lawlife sentenceˌlife ˈsentence noun [countable]SCPUNISHthe punishment of sending someone to prison for the rest of their life or for a very long timeserving a life sentence for murder. Miller is Examples from the Corpuslife sentence• John Shaw, the elected prisoners' chairman of D-wing tells John Earle, a life sentence inmate, what to expect.• The judge gave her a life sentence.• Ministers will continue to review every case where a life sentence prisoner has been detained for 10 years. |
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