life sentence

英 [ˈlaɪf sentəns]

美 [ˈlaɪf sentəns]

n.  无期徒刑; 终身监禁

Collins.1

牛津词典

noun

• 无期徒刑；终身监禁
  the punishment by which sb spends the rest of their life in prison

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 无期徒刑；终身监禁
  If someone receives alife sentence, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life, or for a very long period of time.
  1. Some were serving life sentences for murder.
     有些人因为谋杀罪在服无期徒刑。

英英释义

noun

• a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
  1. he got life for killing the guard
  Synonym:life

双语例句

• In August, I harvested the mother has a life sentence plain and muttered philosophical discourse is fundamental to life and the harvest.
  八月，我收获的是母亲那句朴实却具有人生哲理的喃喃话语，是为人生之根本而收获。
• Ramzi Yousef is later convicted of masterminding the attack and is serving a life sentence.
  拉姆齐•尤塞夫（RamziYousef）后来因策划此次袭击而被定罪并判处终身监禁，目前正在服刑。
• We see by your file you've served twenty years of a life sentence.
  我们从档案上看到你已服了二十年的终生监禁？
• Some were serving life sentences for murder.
  有些人因为谋杀罪在服无期徒刑。
• Cases deemed serious by the authorities carry a maximum life sentence.
  被官方视为严重的案件最高可判无期徒刑。
• Nancy Kissel was later convicted and is now serving a life sentence in prison.
  南希基塞尔（NancyKissel）之后被判有罪，她在被判无期徒刑后至今仍在服刑。
• You get a life sentence for it.
  你会为此判无期徒刑的。
• Or serve a life sentence here.
  否则就是在这里的无期徒刑。
• But you are at least a life sentence.
  但你至少是个无期徒刑。
• The crime carries a sentence of at least twenty years in prison and a possible life sentence.
  该罪名量刑至少二十年监禁甚至终身监禁。