2012年新托福词汇记忆：sentence

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2012年新托福词汇记忆：sentence
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　　[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.
% ]" N+ @" {; h% s　　[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.
! d. ?0 b# W7 U　　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
　　例：under sentence of death, ie to be officially killed as a punishment 判处死刑
" E( D7 h9 Y. @( o　　例：a sentence of ten years' imprisonment 十年监禁之刑.
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　　~ 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
/ u& t' G9 T& s9 y　　例：He has been sentenced to pay a fine of 1000. 他被判罚款1000英镑.
　　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.