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

• He is serving life sentence for murder of13 women.
  他因谋杀了13名妇女而在服无期徒刑。
• Was Pollard's life sentence just or was it too severe?
  判处波拉德终身监禁是公正合理还是量刑过重？
• He's serving a life sentence for murder.
  他因谋杀而被判了无期徒刑，目前正在服刑。
• 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。
• 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？
• Serving a life sentence for a crime you committed.
  因为你所犯的罪行而被判无期徒刑。
• But you are at least a life sentence.
  但你至少是个无期徒刑。
• One of them has a life sentence.
  他们中有一个是无期徒刑。
• Compared with life sentence, I think death penalty is crueler.
  我觉得无期徒刑比死刑更残酷。