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

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。
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。
Capital punishment is the only way to deter criminals.
死刑是唯一的办法，阻止犯罪分子。
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。
Capital punishment is allowable only under exceptional circumstances.
只有特殊情况才允许执行死刑。
After all, capital punishment for economic crimes is not unusual in China.
毕竟，在中国，对经济犯罪适用死刑并不是什么稀奇事。
Capital punishment is legal in many countries.
在许多国家里判死刑是合法的。
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。
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？
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。