life sentence

英 [ˈlaɪf sentəns]

美 [ˈlaɪf sentəns]

n.  无期徒刑; 终身监禁

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牛津词典

noun

• 无期徒刑；终身监禁
  the punishment by which sb spends the rest of their life in prison

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 无期徒刑；终身监禁
  If someone receives alife sentence, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life, or for a very long period of time.
  1. Some were serving life sentences for murder.
     有些人因为谋杀罪在服无期徒刑。

英英释义

noun

• a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
  1. he got life for killing the guard
  Synonym:life

双语例句

• One of them has a life sentence.
  他们中有一个是无期徒刑。
• He is serving life sentence for murder of13 women.
  他因谋杀了13名妇女而在服无期徒刑。
• He was given a life sentence for murder.
  他因谋杀被判无期徒刑。
• Nancy Kissel was later convicted and is now serving a life sentence in prison.
  南希基塞尔（NancyKissel）之后被判有罪，她在被判无期徒刑后至今仍在服刑。
• Serving a life sentence for a crime you committed.
  因为你所犯的罪行而被判无期徒刑。
• The crime carries a sentence of at least twenty years in prison and a possible life sentence.
  该罪名量刑至少二十年监禁甚至终身监禁。
• But you are at least a life sentence.
  但你至少是个无期徒刑。
• Compared with life sentence, I think death penalty is crueler.
  我觉得无期徒刑比死刑更残酷。
• Two months later he was handed a life sentence and as harsh as that was, in our hearts it felt like a victory as we had feared he would have been sentenced to death.
  两个月后，他被判处无期徒刑，尽管这一判决过于严酷，但我们心里却觉得像是打了一场胜仗，因为我们原本担心他会被判处死刑。
• In a case of premeditated murder a life sentence is mandatory
  蓄意杀人依法要判无期徒刑。