英语词汇“sentence”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sen·tence

(sĕntəns)

1. A grammatical unit that is syntactically independent and has a subject that is expressed or, as in imperative sentences, understood and a predicate that contains at least one finite verb.

2. The penalty imposed by a law court or other authority upon someone found guilty of a crime or other offense.

3. Archaic A maxim.

4. Obsolete An opinion, especially one given formally after deliberation.

tr.v. sen·tenced, sen·tenc·ing, sen·tenc·es

To impose a sentence on (a criminal defendant found guilty, for example).

[Middle English, opinion, from Old French, from Latin sententia (perhaps dissimilated from *sentientia), from sentiēns, sentient-, present participle of sentīre, to feel; see sent- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

sentenc·er n.

单词	sentence
释义	sen·tence (sĕntəns) n. 1. A grammatical unit that is syntactically independent and has a subject that is expressed or, as in imperative sentences, understood and a predicate that contains at least one finite verb. 2. The penalty imposed by a law court or other authority upon someone found guilty of a crime or other offense. 3. Archaic A maxim. 4. Obsolete An opinion, especially one given formally after deliberation. tr.v. sen·tenced, sen·tenc·ing, sen·tenc·es To impose a sentence on (a criminal defendant found guilty, for example). [Middle English, opinion, from Old French, from Latin sententia (perhaps dissimilated from sentientia), from sentiēns, sentient-, present participle of sentīre, to feel; see sent- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] sentenc·er* n.
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