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capital punishment

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

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1. N-UNCOUNT 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. 
  • Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.

    多数民主国家已经废除了死刑。

Noun

1. putting a condemned person to death

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。

来自《简明英汉词典》

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。

来自《用法词典》