| 单词 | capital punishment |
| 释义 | > as lemmascapital punishment capital punishment n. [compare Middle French peine capital (1408; French peine capitale)] the death penalty for a crime. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] deatheOE justificationa1419 capital punishment1581 death penalty1836 rope1934 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. xii. 68 Capitall (or deadly) punishment, is done sundrie wayes. 1717 A. Bruce Inst. Mil. Law ix. 237 Such as willingly concealed or recepted them [sc. Deserters], incurred also capital Punishment. 1829 R. Southey Sir Thomas More i. v. 109 The humanity-mongers, who deny the necessity and lawfulness of inflicting capital punishment in any case. 2005 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 8 Jan. r3/3 Liberal minds assert that capital punishment is wrong. < as lemmas |
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