英语词汇“throw-away-the-key”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. (lock-them-up-and-)throw-away-the-key: designating an approach to law enforcement characterized by the imposition of severe penalties, esp. long custodial sentences, for many offences; relating to or advocating such an approach.

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1969 Greeley (Colorado) Daily Tribune 26 May 4/4 Society is wasting its time keeping these people locked up, unless, of course, it chooses to treat first offenders on a throw-away-the-key-basis.

1978 Contemp. Sociol. 7 579 They ascribe such limited prospects for a ‘lock-them-up-and-throw-away-the-key’ policy to the small proportion of violent crimes cleared by arrest or conviction.

1997 New Yorker 24 Feb. 70 The throw-away-the-key fever really took off in 1988.

2001 Nation (N.Y.) 8 Jan. 16/2 When you start passing throw-away-the-key bills, you're effectively eliminating the death penalty.

单词	throw-away-the-key
释义	> as lemmas (lock-them-up-and-)throw-away-the-key c. (lock-them-up-and-)throw-away-the-key: designating an approach to law enforcement characterized by the imposition of severe penalties, esp. long custodial sentences, for many offences; relating to or advocating such an approach. ΚΠ 1969 Greeley (Colorado) Daily Tribune 26 May 4/4 Society is wasting its time keeping these people locked up, unless, of course, it chooses to treat first offenders on a throw-away-the-key-basis. 1978 Contemp. Sociol. 7 579 They ascribe such limited prospects for a ‘lock-them-up-and-throw-away-the-key’ policy to the small proportion of violent crimes cleared by arrest or conviction. 1997 New Yorker 24 Feb. 70 The throw-away-the-key fever really took off in 1988. 2001 Nation (N.Y.) 8 Jan. 16/2 When you start passing throw-away-the-key bills, you're effectively eliminating the death penalty. extracted from keyn.¹adj. < as lemmas
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