life sentence

英 [ˈlaɪf sentəns]

美 [ˈlaɪf sentəns]

n.  无期徒刑; 终身监禁

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 无期徒刑；终身监禁
  the punishment by which sb spends the rest of their life in prison

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 无期徒刑；终身监禁
  If someone receives alife sentence, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life, or for a very long period of time.
  1. Some were serving life sentences for murder.
     有些人因为谋杀罪在服无期徒刑。

英英释义

noun

• a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
  1. he got life for killing the guard
  Synonym:life

双语例句

• You flip on your partner, you may escape a life sentence.
  你供出你的同伙，你就可能不会被判终生监禁了。
• The offence carries a mandatory life sentence.
  这种罪行依照法律要判无期徒刑。
• Two months later he was handed a life sentence and as harsh as that was, in our hearts it felt like a victory as we had feared he would have been sentenced to death.
  两个月后，他被判处无期徒刑，尽管这一判决过于严酷，但我们心里却觉得像是打了一场胜仗，因为我们原本担心他会被判处死刑。
• That's at least a life sentence.
  那可至少要判个终身监禁。
• The murderer was given a life sentence. Girls were practising unarmed combat.
  杀人凶手被判无期徒刑。姑娘们在练习徒手搏斗。
• The crime carries a sentence of at least twenty years in prison and a possible life sentence.
  该罪名量刑至少二十年监禁甚至终身监禁。
• We see by your file you've served twenty years of a life sentence.
  我们从档案上看到你已服了二十年的终生监禁？
• Was Pollard's life sentence just or was it too severe?
  判处波拉德终身监禁是公正合理还是量刑过重？
• Until a second life sentence is added to your time.
  直到你被判另一个终身监禁。
• But you are at least a life sentence.
  但你至少是个无期徒刑。