sentencing
present participle ofsentence
| 单词 | sentencing |
| 释义 | sentencing present participle ofsentence sentence verb[T] lawspecializeduk/ˈsen.təns/us/ˈsen.təns/B2 todecideand sayofficiallywhat apunishmentwill be: He was sentencedtolifeimprisonment. Compare condemn
Judges & juries
Examplesofsentencingsentencing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Should the case be solved, the amnesty (if appropriate) could only be applied atsentencing, not before. From theCambridge English Corpus The lowsentencingrate in libel cases tells us nothing about the intense legal pressure thus brought to bear on the accused. From theCambridge English Corpus This was most obvious in debt suits involving conditional bonds, which had a highsentencingrate. From theCambridge English Corpus I believe that enhancedsentencingis pure preventive detention imposed under the guise of criminal punishment. From theCambridge English Corpus Sentencingpolicies cannot be drafted or implemented in a vacuum. From theCambridge English Corpus Insentencingthere is no room for error, since errors affect human life. From theCambridge English Corpus But the retributive principle we are imagining is not concerned with what is clocked up on thesentencingaggregate. From theCambridge English Corpus Neither did analysis of courtsentencingpoint conclusively to preferential treatment of women over men, though there were some indications of greater leniency. From theCambridge English Corpus From 1595 to 1627 a complete female/malesentencingreversal took place. From theCambridge English Corpus Most surveys show that people consistently underestimate the severity ofsentencing. From theCambridge English Corpus During one period of intensive prosecution, from 1808 through 1812, thesentencingrate in libel cases was only 20 per cent. From theCambridge English Corpus Law's moral power may be realised throughsentencingby developing the capacity for judicial discretionary decision-making to shape social reality. From theCambridge English Corpus The second is thesentencing, to which epistemological shortcomings are irrelevant. From theCambridge English Corpus That the university courts were concerned to limit the effects of a dispute is also evident in theirsentencingpractices. From theCambridge English Corpus There is nosentencing, no jail cell at the end of a long corridor waiting to swing shut with a deafening, metallic clang. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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