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

The parliament members split on capital punishment.
议员们对死刑看法不同。
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。
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？
We do not have capital punishment in this country.
我们这个国家没有死刑。
Capital punishment is allowable only under exceptional circumstances.
只有特殊情况才允许执行死刑。
The arguments on both sides are persuasive but certain other factors incline me to vote against capital punishment.
双方的辩论都很有说服力，但某些其他的因素促使我投票反对死刑。
They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent
他们真的相信死刑具有威慑作用。
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。
Still, advocates of the death penalty argue that abolishing capital punishment would hurt crime victims and their families.
然而，死刑的拥护者们表示废除死刑可能伤害到刑事犯罪的受害者和他们的家人们。
In theory capital punishment is the ultimate deterrent.
理论上讲，死刑是对犯罪的终极威慑。