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单词 life imprisonment
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life imprisonment

uncountable noun
If someone is sentenced to life imprisonment, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life, or for a very long period of time.

life imprisonment in British English

noun
(in Britain) an indeterminate sentence always given for murder and as a maximum sentence in several other crimes. There is no remission, although the Home Secretary may order the prisoner's release on licence

Examples of 'life imprisonment' in a sentence
life imprisonment

Drivers who kill or cause serious injury could face longer sentences, including life imprisonment, under government plans for tougher penalties.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The mandatory sentence for murder is life imprisonment.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
That offence carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
The Sun (2007)
It will be one of life imprisonment.
The Sun (2009)
In 1994 she was sentenced to life imprisonment.
The Sun (2014)
She was sentenced to life imprisonment for killing her daughter and spent four years in jail in the 1980s before the conviction was overturned.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A retrial in 1994 led to a sentence of life imprisonment.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Under Chinese law, smuggling ivory may lead to life imprisonment.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
A conviction in The Hague could lead to a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In other languages
life imprisonment

British English: life imprisonment NOUN
If someone is sentenced to life imprisonment, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life, or for a very long period of time.
  • American English: life imprisonment
  • Brazilian Portuguese: prisão perpétua
  • Chinese: 终生监禁
  • European Spanish: cadena perpetua
  • French: réclusion à perpétuité
  • German: lebenslängliche Freiheitsstrafe
  • Italian: ergastolo
  • Japanese: 終身刑
  • Korean: 종신형
  • European Portuguese: prisão perpétua
  • Latin American Spanish: cadena perpetua
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