单词 | three strikes |
释义 | > as lemmasthree strikes three strikes adj. (similarly one strike, two strikes etc.; also with strike) originally and chiefly U.S. designating or relating to the punishment of a third (also first, second, etc.) offence by a severe penalty (spec. in U.S. Law). Also occasionally as n. ΚΠ 1984 M. Ivins in Nation 13 Oct. 345/1 We got a three-strikes law here—three felonies and it's life—so we got guys doing terminal stretches for passing two bad checks and aggravated mopery. 1994 Time 7 Feb. 29/2 [He] knows that the true danger of feel-good bromides like ‘three strikes’ is that they create the illusion of problem solving. 1995 Denver Post 5 Nov. a2/1 Ito faced..a three-strikes robbery case against a man who allegedly had stolen a handful of rings. 1997 National Rev. (Electronic ed.) 1 Sept. 22 Miller's efforts in gaining passage of welfare reform and a ‘two strikes’ law made GOP voters more comfortable with him. 2000 N.Y. Times 23 Sept. d8/1 The Romanian [weight-lifting] team was booted from the Olympics last week as part of a ‘three strikes rule’, which means automatic expulsion for an entire team if three of its athletes test positive for banned substances in one year. < as lemmas |
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