capital punishment

英 [ˌkæpɪtl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]

美 [ˌkæpɪtl ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]

n. 死刑; 极刑

Collins.1

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

They believe capital punishment acts as a deterrent to crime.
他们相信死刑对犯罪来讲起着威慑作用。
They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent
他们真的相信死刑具有威慑作用。
You have been quoted as saying that you believe in capital punishment.
有人引述你的话，说你赞成死刑。
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。
We do not have capital punishment in this country.
我们这个国家没有死刑。
The government decides to hold a referendum on the abolition of capital punishment.
政府决定对死刑的废除问题进行公民投票。
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。
The parliament members split on capital punishment.
议员们对死刑看法不同。
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。