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- capital punishment
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死刑;极刑 Capital punishment is punishment which involves the legal killing of a person who has committed a serious crime such as murder.
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Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
多数民主国家已经废除了死刑。
- Noun
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1. putting a condemned person to death
- synonym： execution，executing，death penalty
法律
- 1.生命刑
- 2.死刑
- 3.极刑
- 1. Do you have capital punishment in your country?
- 贵国有死刑吗？
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. He was sentenced to capital punishment.
- 他被判处死刑。
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- 3. It is recognition of compassion's part that leads the up-holders of capital punishment to accuse the abolitionists of sentimentality in being more sorry for the murderer than for his victim.
- 正是对怜悯的作用有了认识，才使得死刑的提倡者指控主张废除死刑的人感情用事，同情谋杀犯胜过同情受害者。
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