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

• One of them has a life sentence.
  他们中有一个是无期徒刑。
• Serving a life sentence for a crime you committed.
  因为你所犯的罪行而被判无期徒刑。
• Eventual retirement looms not as a release but as a daunting life sentence.
  最终的退休不会是一种解脱，倒像是令人畏缩的无期徒刑判决。
• 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。
• The offence carries a mandatory life sentence.
  这种罪行依照法律要判无期徒刑。
• 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。
• He is now serving a life sentence in an Italian jail.
  他眼下正在意大利的一个监狱内服无期徒刑。
• You get a life sentence for it.
  你会为此判无期徒刑的。
• But you are at least a life sentence.
  但你至少是个无期徒刑。
• In a case of premeditated murder a life sentence is mandatory
  蓄意杀人依法要判无期徒刑。