| 单词 | capital punishment |
| 释义 | capital punishment [uncountable] punishment by death死刑；极刑◆public opinion was in favour of bringing back capital punishment.公众赞成重新启用死刑。note 辨析 the death penalty or capital punishment?both these terms can be used when you are talking about the existence of this type of punishment in a country's legal system. if you are talking about a particular instance of punishment by death, you should use the death penalty.这两种表达皆可指一国司法体系中的死刑刑罚。但指个别的死刑案例要用 the death penalty◆he faces the death penalty for his crimes.他将因所犯下的罪行被处死。◆he faces capital punishment for his crimes. ˌcapital ˈpunishmentnoun [u] punishment by death for serious crimes 死刑 ☞look at death penalty and compare corporal punishment. 参看 death penalty，与 corporal punishment 比较。 capital punishmentsee ⇨ kill 7 capital pun·ish·ment /ˌ··· ˈ···/n [u]when someone is legally killed as a punishment for a crime 死刑 |
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