| 单词 | life means life |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife means life e. life means life (also life should mean life): used to express the principle or belief that a life sentence passed down by the judicial system should result in life imprisonment for the offender, with no possibility of release. Cf. sense 8b, life sentence n. 1. ΚΠ 1911 M. B. Booth Open Let. to Society iv. 106 But if life means life, why pardon them? If it does not, why sentence them to life? 1964 Times 22 Dec. 5/1 Life should mean life, or at least an indefinite term of imprisonment, unless and until a committee..decided after a certain number of years that the person concerned was a changed individual. 1975 Economist (Nexis) 25 Oct. 35 (headline) Bombing trial; Life means life? 2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 2 Oct. i. 19/5 The rise in truth-in-sentencing laws, the oft-repeated maxim that ‘life means life’ and tougher parole boards have made the prospect of parole very limited in some states. < as lemmas |
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