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

• Compared with life sentence, I think death penalty is crueler.
  我觉得无期徒刑比死刑更残酷。
• He is at present serving a life sentence.
  他目前正在服无期徒刑。
• He is at present serving a life sentence for murder.
  因杀人他眼下在服无期徒刑。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• Or serve a life sentence here.
  否则就是在这里的无期徒刑。
• In a case of premeditated murder a life sentence is mandatory
  蓄意杀人依法要判无期徒刑。
• He was given a life sentence for murder.
  他因谋杀被判无期徒刑。