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.
  1. Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
     多数民主国家已经废除了死刑。

英英释义

noun

• putting a condemned person to death
  Synonym:executionexecutingdeath penalty

双语例句

• In theory capital punishment is the ultimate deterrent.
  理论上讲，死刑是对犯罪的终极威慑。
• 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。
• The government decides to hold a referendum on the abolition of capital punishment.
  政府决定对死刑的废除问题进行公民投票。
• Some people are in favour of restoing capital punishment for murderers.
  一些人赞成恢复对杀人犯的的死刑。
• We betray the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment.
  如果我们支持死刑，那就背弃了我们立国的理念。
• After all, capital punishment for economic crimes is not unusual in China.
  毕竟，在中国，对经济犯罪适用死刑并不是什么稀奇事。
• One reason was that some believe that capital punishment does not reduce crime.
  一个原因是有些人不相信死刑会减少犯罪。
• The case of Harris has sharpened the debate over capital punishment.
  哈里斯案激化了人们对死刑的争论。
• Capital punishment is an emotive issue.
  应否有死刑是个容易引起感情用事的问题。
• 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。