词汇 | death sentence |
释义 | death sentence 1 ENTRIES FOUND: death sentence (noun) death sentence noun plural death sentences death sentence noun plural death sentences Learner's definition of DEATH SENTENCE [count] 1 : the decision by a court of law that the punishment for someone's crime will be death死刑 She received a death sentence for the murders.她因谋杀被判死刑。 2 a : something (such as a disease) that is sure to cause death必然致死的事物;不治之症 — usually singular通常用单数 With the new medicines available, AIDS is no longer an automatic death sentence.由于有了新药,艾滋病不再是不治之症。 b : an act or event that ends something permanently永久的停止;终止— usually singular通常用单数 The cut in funding was a death sentence for the school's music program.经费削减使学校的音乐演出停了。 |
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