sentence

sentence
noun
  1. a set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses
    句子
    ■(Logic)a series of signs or symbols expressing a proposition in an artificial or logical language
    (逻)命题
  2. the punishment assigned to a defendant found guilty by a court
    判决
    her husband is serving a three-year sentence for fraud.
    她丈夫因欺诈被判处三年徒刑正在服刑。
    ■the punishment fixed by law for a particular offence
    徒刑
    slander of an official carried an eight-year prison sentence.
    诽谤官员要处以八年徒刑。
verb
  1. [with obj.]declare the punishment decided for (an offender)
    对(罪犯)进行宣判
    ten army officers were sentenced to death.
    十名军官被判处死刑。
常用词组
under sentence of
  1. having been condemned to
    被判刑
    he was under sentence of death.
    他被判处死刑。
语源
  1. Middle English (in the senses 'way of thinking, opinion', 'court's declaration of punishment', and 'gist (of a piece of writing'): via Old French from Latin sententia 'opinion', from sentire 'feel, be of the opinion'
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