capital punishment

英 [ˌkæpɪtl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]

美 [ˌkæpɪtl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]

n. 死刑; 极刑

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牛津词典

noun

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。

noun

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。
He's caved in on capital punishment.
在是否应保留死刑的问题上，他已经让步了。
In addition, four international treaties go further than Article 6 by completely prohibiting capital punishment.
随后的四个国际条约也严格禁止了死刑的适用。
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。
Some people are in favour of restoing capital punishment for murderers.
一些人赞成恢复对杀人犯的的死刑。
We betray the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment.
如果我们支持死刑，那就背弃了我们立国的理念。
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。
Some people say that capital punishment acts as a deterrent.
一些人认为死刑具有威慑作用。
They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent
他们真的相信死刑具有威慑作用。
That illogical qualification shows how flimsy is the argument that capital punishment is a deterrent to murder.
这种不合逻辑的定罪，反映出所谓死刑可以威慑凶杀的论点是多么脆弱。