capital punishment
英 [ˌkæpɪtl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]
美 [ˌkæpɪtl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]
n. 死刑; 极刑
Collins.1
牛津词典
noun
- 死刑；极刑
punishment by death
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 死刑;极刑
Capital punishmentis 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。
- Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
英英释义
noun
- putting a condemned person to death
双语例句
- The parliament members split on capital punishment.
议员们对死刑看法不同。 - Still, advocates of the death penalty argue that abolishing capital punishment would hurt crime victims and their families.
然而，死刑的拥护者们表示废除死刑可能伤害到刑事犯罪的受害者和他们的家人们。 - Capital punishment is legal in many countries.
在许多国家里判死刑是合法的。 - Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
多数民主国家已经废除了死刑。 - You have been quoted as saying that you believe in capital punishment.
有人引述你的话，说你赞成死刑。 - We do not have capital punishment in this country.
我们这个国家没有死刑。 - That illogical qualification shows how flimsy is the argument that capital punishment is a deterrent to murder.
这种不合逻辑的定罪，反映出所谓死刑可以威慑凶杀的论点是多么脆弱。 - Capital punishment is an emotive issue.
应否有死刑是个容易引起感情用事的问题。 - Some people say that capital punishment acts as a deterrent.
一些人认为死刑具有威慑作用。 - ASA does not take a position on capital punishment, as this is not the practice of medicine.
ASA对于死刑惩罚与政府并不一致，因为这并非医学范畴。