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 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。 - Have you tried pinning him down on the question of capital punishment?
你试着让他说出对实行极刑的意见了吗？ - Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
多数民主国家已经废除了死刑。 - Capital punishment is allowable only under exceptional circumstances.
只有特殊情况才允许执行死刑。 - The parliament members split on capital punishment.
议员们对死刑看法不同。 - Legalizing capital punishment can help prevent crime.
将死刑合法化可以帮助防止犯罪。 - They believe capital punishment acts as a deterrent to crime.
他们相信死刑对犯罪来讲起着威慑作用。 - We do not have capital punishment in this country.
我们这个国家没有死刑。 - They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent
他们真的相信死刑具有威慑作用。 - 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。