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词汇 capital punishment
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Definition of capital punishment in English:

capital punishment

noun
mass noun
  • The legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime.

    死刑

    the abolition of capital punishment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He could have been sentenced to death, but his prosecutors didn't seek capital punishment.
    • Apprehensions that doing away with capital punishment can lead to more crime should be duly addressed.
    • I was hoping he'd be sent to jail for life, and not just because I oppose capital punishment.
    • Juries in death penalty cases are always quizzed about their attitudes on capital punishment before the start of the trial.
    • They end up robbing a bank, for which the penalty in China is capital punishment.
    • But, as with torture, the harm capital punishment does is not limited to its subject.
    • The abolition of capital punishment was frequently urged in colonial politics and after.
    • The crimes which would merit capital punishment for those in favour of same are indeed appalling.
    • One of the uses of capital punishment is to deter other criminals from committing more crimes.
    • Though physical torture and capital punishment were opposed in all cases, no overt political position was to be taken.
    • It was at the forefront of opposing capital punishment and demanding prison reform.
    • That cost is not difficult to justify where capital punishment is the penalty for first-degree murder.
    • It will show itself in cases about capital punishment, corporate responsibility, gun control, you name it.
    • He called for the restoration of corporal and capital punishment and pledged support for apartheid in South Africa.
    • In Poland it became instrumental to the abolition of capital punishment.
    • The fact that the International Covenant sanctions capital punishment must be seen in this context.
    • Through this we can also see that capital punishment is not necessarily a form of punishment at all.
    • Severe punishments must be meted out and if necessary capital punishment will be needed.
    • The punishment was capital punishment and all of this was done to teach them a lesson.
    • Or take the claim that forgiveness is superior to revenge, and that capital punishment is mere revenge.
    Synonyms
    hanging, gibbeting

Definition of capital punishment in US English:

capital punishment

nounˈkæpədl ˈpənɪʃməntˈkapədl ˈpəniSHmənt
  • The legally authorized killing of someone as punishment for a crime.

    死刑

    the abolition of capital punishment
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It will show itself in cases about capital punishment, corporate responsibility, gun control, you name it.
    • It was at the forefront of opposing capital punishment and demanding prison reform.
    • The abolition of capital punishment was frequently urged in colonial politics and after.
    • The punishment was capital punishment and all of this was done to teach them a lesson.
    • Juries in death penalty cases are always quizzed about their attitudes on capital punishment before the start of the trial.
    • Through this we can also see that capital punishment is not necessarily a form of punishment at all.
    • Apprehensions that doing away with capital punishment can lead to more crime should be duly addressed.
    • I was hoping he'd be sent to jail for life, and not just because I oppose capital punishment.
    • The fact that the International Covenant sanctions capital punishment must be seen in this context.
    • In Poland it became instrumental to the abolition of capital punishment.
    • Though physical torture and capital punishment were opposed in all cases, no overt political position was to be taken.
    • That cost is not difficult to justify where capital punishment is the penalty for first-degree murder.
    • Severe punishments must be meted out and if necessary capital punishment will be needed.
    • He could have been sentenced to death, but his prosecutors didn't seek capital punishment.
    • Or take the claim that forgiveness is superior to revenge, and that capital punishment is mere revenge.
    • But, as with torture, the harm capital punishment does is not limited to its subject.
    • They end up robbing a bank, for which the penalty in China is capital punishment.
    • One of the uses of capital punishment is to deter other criminals from committing more crimes.
    • He called for the restoration of corporal and capital punishment and pledged support for apartheid in South Africa.
    • The crimes which would merit capital punishment for those in favour of same are indeed appalling.
    Synonyms
    hanging, gibbeting
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