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

• Serving a life sentence for a crime you committed.
  因为你所犯的罪行而被判无期徒刑。
• 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。
• We see by your file you've served twenty years of a life sentence.
  我们从档案上看到你已服了二十年的终生监禁？
• Ramzi Yousef is later convicted of masterminding the attack and is serving a life sentence.
  拉姆齐•尤塞夫（RamziYousef）后来因策划此次袭击而被定罪并判处终身监禁，目前正在服刑。
• He's serving a life sentence for murder.
  他因谋杀而被判了无期徒刑，目前正在服刑。
• The offence carries a mandatory life sentence.
  这种罪行依照法律要判无期徒刑。
• One of them has a life sentence.
  他们中有一个是无期徒刑。
• Until a second life sentence is added to your time.
  直到你被判另一个终身监禁。
• Eventual retirement looms not as a release but as a daunting life sentence.
  最终的退休不会是一种解脱，倒像是令人畏缩的无期徒刑判决。
• Compared with life sentence, I think death penalty is crueler.
  我觉得无期徒刑比死刑更残酷。