| 单词 | life imprisonment |
| 释义 | life imprisonment noun[U] uk/ˌlaɪf ɪmˈprɪz.ən.mənt/us/ˌlaɪf ɪmˈprɪz.ən.mənt/(informallife)thepunishmentof being put inprisonfor a verylongtimewithout anarrangedtimeforreleaseor, in the US, untildeath 终身监禁，无期徒刑See also life sentence Putting people in prison
Examplesoflife imprisonmentlife imprisonment Accordingly, the court directed that the death sentences be replaced by sentences oflifeimprisonment. From theCambridge English Corpus The recommendation to mercy and the custom of commuting those rare death sentences handed down to female felons tolifeimprisonmentreinforced women's inferiority. From theCambridge English Corpus When he returned to his home country in order to distribute his work, he was arrested and sentenced tolifeimprisonmentin 1881. From theCambridge English Corpus They risklifeimprisonmentor worse, simply because their religion is different from that of the ruling power. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English On conviction, the maximum sentence available to the court for these offences islifeimprisonment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A person convicted of robbery with violence may, under the present law, be sentenced tolifeimprisonment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Among those servinglifeimprisonmentthere will then be many more men with a latent tendency to violence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1959, of 75 persons convicted of the offence of manslaughter where a maximum sentence oflifeimprisonmentapplied, 64 were sentenced to imprisonment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Separate figures are not available for those prisoners serving sentences oflifeimprisonmentand those serving determinate sentences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we do not have capital punishment, we must havelifeimprisonment, but that has failed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be quite wrong to fix a definite time as meaninglifeimprisonment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would, therefore, much rather discuss these issues at the appropriate time, when we can go into all the questions affectinglifeimprisonment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The question is whether nine or ten years of imprisonment, representinglifeimprisonment, is sufficient to frighten the criminal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There might also be the case of a man sentenced tolifeimprisonmentwho was not mentally very stable and yet was not certifiable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The ordinary people think thatlifeimprisonmentshould mean imprisonment for life, and nothing else whatsoever. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 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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