sentence
n. 句子; 判斷,宣判
v. 判決; 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...
他們因參與這起刺殺已經開始在監獄服刑了。
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...
一所軍事法庭在他缺席的情況下判處他死刑。
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
這些動詞均含有"判決,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.
舊法律能夠迫使婦女終身接受不堪忍受的婚姻, 但這種情況現在已經完全改變了.
Use a period at the end of the sentence.
在一個句子的末尾用句號.
His sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment.
他的判決由死刑減為無期徒刑.
He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence.
等候判決期間他被還押候審一個星期.
This sentence bears no other construction.
這個句子沒有別的解釋.