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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
  多数民主国家已经废除了死刑。
• That illogical qualification shows how flimsy is the argument that capital punishment is a deterrent to murder.
  这种不合逻辑的定罪，反映出所谓死刑可以威慑凶杀的论点是多么脆弱。
• You have been quoted as saying that you believe in capital punishment.
  有人引述你的话，说你赞成死刑。
• 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。
• In theory capital punishment is the ultimate deterrent.
  理论上讲，死刑是对犯罪的终极威慑。
• 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。
• They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent
  他们真的相信死刑具有威慑作用。