sentence
n. 句子; 判断,宣判
v. 判决; 宣判; 判刑
A sentence is a group of words which, when they are written down, begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop, question mark, or exclamation mark. Most sentences contain a subject and a verb.
In a law court, a sentence is the punishment that a person receives after they have been found guilty of a crime.
They are already serving prison sentences for their part in the assassination...
他们因参与这起刺杀已经开始在监狱服刑了。
He was given a four-year sentence...
他被判了4年徒刑。
When a judge sentences someone, he or she states in court what their punishment will be.
A military court sentenced him to death in his absence...
一所军事法庭在他缺席的情况下判处他死刑。
She was sentenced to nine years in prison...
她被判 9 年徒刑。
1. a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language;
2. (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed;
3. the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned;
1. pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law;
sentence, condemn, judge, convict, doom
这些动词均含有"判决,宣判"之意。
under sentence of
被判刑
The old law could sentence a woman to an unbearable marriage for life, but this is now all changing.
旧法律能够迫使妇女终身接受不堪忍受的婚姻, 但这种情况现在已经完全改变了.
Use a period at the end of the sentence.
在一个句子的末尾用句号.
His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.
他的判决由死刑减为无期徒刑.
He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.
等候判决期间他被还押候审一个星期.
This sentence bears no other construction.
这个句子没有别的解释.