death sentence

dɛθ ˈsɛntəns

核心义 AI

死刑；致命打击

释义 AI

phrase.

1死刑（法律判决）
a legal punishment of being killed for a crime
The murderer received a death sentence.
那个杀人犯被判处死刑。
2致命打击，注定失败的事
something that will cause the end or failure of something
The new law was a death sentence for small businesses.
新法律对小企业来说是一个致命打击。

例句 AI

He was given a death sentence for the crime.

他因罪行被判处死刑。基础

The death sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment.

死刑后来被减为终身监禁。自然

Many countries have abolished the death sentence.

许多国家已经废除了死刑。自然

For the struggling company, the new tax was a death sentence.

对于这家苦苦挣扎的公司来说，新税制是致命一击。场景

搭配 AI

receive a death sentence被判处死刑

carry out a death sentence执行死刑

commute a death sentence减刑（免于死刑）

abolish the death sentence废除死刑

be under sentence of death被判处死刑

短语与习语 AI

death sentence死刑；致命打击

be under sentence of death被判处死刑

语域与场景 AI

中性偏正式，常见于法律、新闻和讨论中。口语中较少直接使用，多用于正式场合。英美用法无差别。

近义词辨析 AI

capital punishment指死刑制度，更正式

death penalty与 death sentence 同义，但更常用

反义词 AI

life sentence终身监禁，是死刑的替代刑罚

易混词 AI

death penalty与 death sentence 意思相同，但 death penalty 更强调刑罚本身

常见错误 AI

✕ ~~He was sentenced to death penalty.~~

✓ He was sentenced to death.

sentence sb to death 是固定搭配，不加 penalty

助记 AI

death（死亡）+ sentence（判决）→ 判决死亡，即死刑。

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