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

• In August, I harvested the mother has a life sentence plain and muttered philosophical discourse is fundamental to life and the harvest.
  八月，我收获的是母亲那句朴实却具有人生哲理的喃喃话语，是为人生之根本而收获。
• Or serve a life sentence here.
  否则就是在这里的无期徒刑。
• He was given a life sentence for murder.
  他因谋杀被判无期徒刑。
• 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。
• In a case of premeditated murder a life sentence is mandatory
  蓄意杀人依法要判无期徒刑。
• You get a life sentence for it.
  你会为此判无期徒刑的。
• 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。
• Until a second life sentence is added to your time.
  直到你被判另一个终身监禁。
• 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。
• He is at present serving a life sentence for murder.
  因杀人他眼下在服无期徒刑。