death penalty

英 [ˈdeθ penəlti]

美 [ˈdeθ penəlti]

n.  死刑; 极刑

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牛津词典

noun

• 死刑；极刑
  the punishment of being killed that is used in some countries for very serious crimes
  1. the abolition/return of the death penalty
     死刑的废除 / 恢复
  2. The two men are facing the death penalty .
     这二人面临死刑。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING 死刑;极刑
  The death penaltyis the punishment of death used in some countries for people who have committed very serious crimes.
  1. If convicted for murder, both youngsters could face the death penalty.
     如果谋杀罪名成立，这两个年轻人都可能会被判处死刑。

英英释义

noun

• putting a condemned person to death
  Synonym:executionexecutingcapital punishment

双语例句

• The death penalty was never restored.
  再也没有恢复死刑。
• The death penalty has been done away with in many European countries.
  许多欧洲国家已废除了死刑。
• Still, advocates of the death penalty argue that abolishing capital punishment would hurt crime victims and their families.
  然而，死刑的拥护者们表示废除死刑可能伤害到刑事犯罪的受害者和他们的家人们。
• The Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in1976.
  最高法院在1976年恢复了死刑。
• The House of Commons is to debate once again whether to bring back the death penalty.
  下议院将再次就是否恢复死刑展开辩论。
• It's now unlikely that future parliaments will bring back the death penalty
  现在看来，将来议会不太可能恢复死刑。
• It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty.
  这是间谍罪，应判死刑。
• You're dropping the death penalty?
  你要放弃死刑判决了？
• Besides, the principle of the death penalty do not extradite whether or not belongs to international common law.
  另外，死刑不引渡原则是否构成了国际习惯法也没有定论。
• I saw on the TV of a death penalty execution yesterday.
  我昨天在电视上看到了执行死刑。