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convictions

/kuhn-vik-shuhn/US // kənˈvɪk ʃən //UK // (kənˈvɪkʃən) //

定罪,判罪,判决,判定

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a fixed or firm belief: No clever argument, no persuasive fact or theory could make a dent in his conviction in the rightness of his position.
    • : the act of convicting someone, as in a court of law; a declaration that a person is guilty of an offense.
    • : the state of being convicted.
    • : the act of convincing a person by argument or evidence.
    • : the state of being convinced.

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Examples

  • His decision to stick to his convictions on Thursday is no doubt positive news for them.

  • You have to admire his convictions; most frustrated auteurs in this town just call such things “an Alan Smithee project.”

  • Short trials produce convictions and sentences, but the time is often run concurrently, not adding any time to the sentence.

  • No doubt, there are wrongful convictions that result from misidentification and coerced confessions.

  • Conservative advocates of limiting convictions to cases of “forcible rape” often rely on “traditional values.”

  • If schooling is a training in expression and communication, college is essentially the establishment of broad convictions.

  • That is one of my deepest convictions, and I shall try very hard to prove that it is just.

  • Albrechts views, or rather convictions, were extraordinarily paradoxical.

  • I recognize her with that instinctive certainty that is stronger than all convictions supported by all the proofs imaginable.

  • I tried to laugh and talk away his brooding, but there was little use, his convictions were so strong.