capital punishment

英 [ˌkæpɪtl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]

美 [ˌkæpɪtl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]

n.  死刑; 极刑

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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

• Indirect Abolition of Capital Punishment: Legislation and Practice on Extradition
  间接废除死刑&引渡方面的立法和实践
• 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。
• Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
  多数民主国家已经废除了死刑。
• Capital punishment is the only way to deter criminals.
  死刑是唯一的办法，阻止犯罪分子。
• 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。
• Legalizing capital punishment can help prevent crime.
  将死刑合法化可以帮助防止犯罪。
• 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。
• In addition, four international treaties go further than Article 6 by completely prohibiting capital punishment.
  随后的四个国际条约也严格禁止了死刑的适用。
• 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。
• Some people are demanding the return of capital punishment for murder.
  有些人要求恢复对谋杀罪的死刑。