2012年新托福词汇记忆:sentence5 o( |9 B% T% C: c) ]
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/ K+ J5 B8 L' Y+ u/ b3 Y [C] (grammar) largest unit of grammar, usu containing a subject, a verb, an object, etc and expressing a statement, question or command 句子; 句.
0 p) U8 B0 E! E# Q- k [C, U] (law 律) (statement of the) punishment given by a lawcourt 判决; 宣判; 判刑: The judge passed/pronounced sentence (on the prisoner), ie said what his punishment would be. 法官宣布了(对犯人的)判决.
5 j7 `8 m0 ]* y. V 例:She has served her sentence, and will nowbe released. 她已服刑期满, 现即将获释.中 华 考 试 网
; \; A4 O3 I& J" T) _ 例:under sentence of death, ie to be officially killed as a punishment 判处死刑
0 _, ^& \1 j9 Q# ^5 m 例:a sentence of ten years' imprisonment 十年监禁之刑.
6 R! V1 u$ H3 S' _ 2)sentence v [Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.t]
# f/ B1 W3 i; F7 a" E ~ sb (to sth) state that sb is to have a certain punishment 判决; 宣判: sentence a thief to six months' imprisonment 判处窃贼六个月监禁 & }9 ^" l: T, q, M. T
例:He has been sentenced to pay a fine of 1000. 他被判罚款1000英镑. & k) q) L% e- t6 ?
例:(fig 比喻) a crippling disease which sentenced him to a lifetime in a wheelchair 把他终生束缚在轮椅上的残疾. |