| 单词 | sentence |
| 释义 | sentence (sentəns ) Word forms: sentences , sentencing , sentenced 1. countable noun A1 A sentence is a group of words which, when they are written down, begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop, question mark, or exclamation mark. Most sentences contain a subject and a verb. 2. variable noun B2 In a law court, a sentence is the punishment that a person receives after they have been found guilty of a crime. They are already serving prison sentences for their part in the assassination. He was given a four-year sentence. The offences carry a maximum sentence of 10 years. ...demands for tougher sentences. The court is expected to pass sentence later today. Synonyms: punishment, prison sentence, jail sentence, prison term 3. See also death sentence, life sentence, suspended sentence 4. verb B2 When a judge sentences someone, he or she states in court what their punishment will be. A military court sentenced him to death in his absence. [VERB noun + to] She was sentenced to nine years in prison. [VERB noun to noun] He has admitted the charge and will be sentenced later. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: condemn, doom Collocations: correct sentence We all recognise a grammatically correct sentence; but do we all re-cognise the same morally right course? Times, Sunday Times No other words are required to form a syntactically correct sentence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Academics say that new students struggle to write structured essays, solve maths problems using a range of techniques and write grammatically correct sentences in a foreign language. Times, Sunday Times Users can freely edit their own sentences, adopt and correct sentences without an owner, and comment on others' sentences. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He states that, given the nature of language, there are a finite number of syntactically and grammatically correct sentences that can be used to start a conversation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This isn't, in my view, a complaint about grammar, the rules of which dictate how words are put together to form a sentence. Times,Sunday Times That's why it's important to know what form the sentence takes before you utter it. Times, Sunday Times Both a noun and a verb, without endings, can alone form a sentence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Activities in each milestone include games, rhymes, drawing, and songs to teach a letter or a word, form a sentence, do maths and science, or understand a concept. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He breathes through a tube and speaks through an eye-gaze computer, staring at each letter on a screen until it forms a sentence (like predictive text). Times, Sunday Times And it was for precisely that reason that we introduced the Criminal Justice Act 2003, which allowed us to impose mandatory minimum sentences on people carrying illegal firearms. Times, Sunday Times (2006) He is understood to favour going further and introducing a minimum mandatory jail sentence. The Sun (2006) Compulsory minimum sentences are meant to guarantee that serious criminals receive fitting punishment. The Sun (2011) Each wire fraud count that he faces carries a possible sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Times, Sunday Times (2006) It meant the 21-year-old striker dodged a possible jail sentence. The Sun (2015) They were released on bail but were warned that they face a possible prison sentence. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Those individuals are seeking sentence reduction or reward money. Christianity Today However, they accepted his second application for a sentence reduction. Times, Sunday Times He did not ask for sentence reduction or financial gain in exchange for doing it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They find that a greater sentence reduction via the pardon leads to an increase in expected future recidivism. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It amounts to a sentence reduction of about 35%. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She added that he 'intends to serve the sentence in the shortest possible time, working four hours a day with no days off'. Times, Sunday Times I'd happily pay any fine or serve any sentence for him. The Sun It states a convicted criminal must serve the sentence dished out by a court. The Sun He was allowed to serve the sentence at home because of his advanced age, and he lasted little more than a year. Times, Sunday Times Ministers would like to ease prison overcrowding in jails by sending foreign inmates home to serve their sentence. Times, Sunday Times Unfortunately we live in a country that considers a few years' jail a severe sentence. The Sun The peers were told that a retrial was needed so a more severe sentence could be imposed. Times, Sunday Times But the prosecution asks for a severe sentence to aid rehabilitation. Times, Sunday Times He was sentenced to ten years in prison: not a severe sentence. Times, Sunday Times A leader should receive a more severe sentence than a follower. Times, Sunday Times Criminal penalties for failing to file a report vary, but they typically involve short prison sentences and small fines. Christianity Today (2000) Convicted prisoners in Scotland were divided into those serving long sentences and those serving short sentences. The Prisons We Deserve (1994) The punishment needs to fit the crime and shorter sentences would make a mockery of this. The Sun (2006) It seems bizarre to use a single sentence to question the validity of such extensive research. Times, Sunday Times You can hear all its grievous, glorious past in a single sentence spoken about nothing much in particular. Times, Sunday Times And not a single sentence of his book requires the kind of technical apparatus acquired in a first-year theory course. The Times Literary Supplement We cannot really encapsulate this message in a single sentence. Times, Sunday Times My dad, meanwhile, has not managed one single sentence. Times, Sunday Times It remains to be seen whether the courts, if pushed, will hand down such a stiff sentence. Times, Sunday Times Regardless of good behaviour, that seems like a massively generous reduction on a stiff sentence. The Sun But once again the country will be stunned that someone has left jail so early after getting a stiff sentence. The Sun Despite another stiff sentence, he was freed in less than a year, with his health seriously weakened. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The courts must hand out stiff sentences. The Sun He can't string a sentence together, so good luck. The Sun They saw me barely able to string a sentence together and looking like s*** most of the time. The Sun The final straw was his inability to string a sentence together. Times, Sunday Times Then he'd be slobbering and couldn't string a sentence together. Times, Sunday Times When interviewed, these so-called idols often struggle to string a sentence together. The Sun That's where the judge comes into his or her own - with good character, you would suspend a sentence. Times, Sunday Times The judges said there was 'ample justification' to suspend his sentence to allow his immediate release. Times, Sunday Times She said that there were no rules stating that judges could not suspend a sentence or any statutory requirement that there should be 'exceptional circumstances'. Times, Sunday Times The judge can also suspend any sentence or place a convicted party on probation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She said that while his prison sentence had been justified, the court had been persuaded it could now take an exceptional course and suspend the sentence for 12 months. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Prosecutors wanted a tough sentence to send a message. Globe and Mail The unusually tough sentence was welcomed by human rights groups. Times, Sunday Times They would like new laws banning backstreet breeders backed by tough sentences. The Sun The only controversy related to whether some judges had handed out unreasonably tough sentences. Times, Sunday Times The public, however, are clear in their view: polls show that most believe tough sentences are what the looters deserve. Times, Sunday Times That unfinished sentence hangs in the air. Times, Sunday Times Many other selfpublished books, while not offensive, are of poor quality, with unfinished sentences and entire chapters copied and pasted from the internet. Times, Sunday Times A number of the conversations in the novel are full of pauses, unfinished sentences or awkward silence. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The dialogs flow naturally, without any false chords, the novelist knows how to observe the oral quality of the speech, the colloquial ambiguities, the meanings hidden in unfinished sentences. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 句子, 徒刑, 判刑 Japanese: 文 言葉, 刑罰 punishment, 判決を下す |
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