capital punishment

英 [ˌkæpɪtl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]

美 [ˌkæpɪtl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]

n.  死刑; 极刑

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 死刑；极刑
  punishment by death

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 死刑;极刑
  Capital punishmentis punishment which involves the legal killing of a person who has committed a serious crime such as murder.
  1. Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
     多数民主国家已经废除了死刑。

英英释义

noun

• putting a condemned person to death
  Synonym:executionexecutingdeath penalty

双语例句

• Have you tried pinning him down on the question of capital punishment?
  你试着让他说出对实行极刑的意见了吗？
• The parliament members split on capital punishment.
  议员们对死刑看法不同。
• The case of Harris has sharpened the debate over capital punishment.
  哈里斯案激化了人们对死刑的争论。
• After all, capital punishment for economic crimes is not unusual in China.
  毕竟，在中国，对经济犯罪适用死刑并不是什么稀奇事。
• Most democracies have abolished capital punishment.
  多数民主国家已经废除了死刑。
• During that time there have been repeated attempts to reintroduce capital punishment.
  在那段时期不断有人试图恢复死刑。
• One reason was that some believe that capital punishment does not reduce crime.
  一个原因是有些人不相信死刑会减少犯罪。
• ASA does not take a position on capital punishment, as this is not the practice of medicine.
  ASA对于死刑惩罚与政府并不一致，因为这并非医学范畴。
• They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent
  他们真的相信死刑具有威慑作用。
• Capital punishment is an emotive issue.
  应否有死刑是个容易引起感情用事的问题。