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sentenced

/sen-tns/US // ˈsɛn tns //UK // (ˈsɛntəns) //

被判刑,被判刑的,已判刑,已被判刑

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
    • : Law. an authoritative decision; a judicial judgment or decree, especially the judicial determination of the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted criminal: Knowledgeable sources say that the judge will announce the sentence early next week.the punishment itself; term: a three-year sentence.
    • : Music. a complete idea, usually consisting of eight to sixteen measures; period. See also phrase.
    • : Archaic. a saying, apothegm, or maxim.
    • : Obsolete. an opinion given on a particular question.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    sen·tenced, sen·tenc·ing.

    • : to pronounce sentence upon; condemn to punishment: The judge sentenced her to six months in jail.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdecide punishment

Examples

  • There’s an unlimited number of possible things we can say, of sentence structures, but not anything can be a sentence structure.

  • We have to come to terms with the fact that recognizing sentences written by humans is no longer a trivial task.

  • You can even set how many sentences you want in your summary.

  • Simple enough, but you can glean much information from that sentence.

  • It does not help anyone to have communities where people feel like living there is a death sentence.

  • As this list shows, punishments typically run to a short-ish jail sentence and/or a moderately hefty fine.

  • Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice turned herself in to serve a 15-month sentence for bankruptcy fraud.

  • That Huckabee is mentioned in the same sentence with other aspiring conservative governors, especially Bobby Jindal, is laughable.

  • Brown had been serving a life sentence; McCollum had been on Death Row.

  • Had he been competently represented, the jury might well have failed to concur on a death sentence.

  • Before he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"

  • Each sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.

  • Sentence of fine and imprisonment passed upon lord Bacon in the house of peers for bribery.

  • John Wilkes released from the tower by the memorable sentence of chief justice Pratt.

  • It seeks the shortest phrase or sentence and adds successively all the modifiers, making no omissions.