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

• Ramzi Yousef is later convicted of masterminding the attack and is serving a life sentence.
  拉姆齐•尤塞夫（RamziYousef）后来因策划此次袭击而被定罪并判处终身监禁，目前正在服刑。
• 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。
• Cases deemed serious by the authorities carry a maximum life sentence.
  被官方视为严重的案件最高可判无期徒刑。
• He is serving life sentence for murder of13 women.
  他因谋杀了13名妇女而在服无期徒刑。
• The offence carries a mandatory life sentence.
  这种罪行依照法律要判无期徒刑。
• 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。
• You get a life sentence for it.
  你会为此判无期徒刑的。
• 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。
• 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。