sentences

Spoken language contains many incomplete sentences .

口语中有很多不完整的句子。

A good way to sound confident is to use short punchy sentences .

想要听起来很自信，使用简短有力的句子不失为一个好方法。

The judge has the final say on the sentence .

法官对判决有最后的决定权。

Reducing prison sentences would send the wrong signals to criminals .

减刑会向犯罪分子发出错误的信号。

The murderer was given three life sentences , to run concurrently .

这个杀人犯被判处三项无期徒刑，同时执行。

A compound sentence contains two or more clauses .

复合句包含两个或多个从句。

The court granted him leave to appeal against the sentence .

法庭准许他对判决提出上诉。

She was pardoned after serving ten years of a life sentence .

她被判终身监禁服刑十年后被赦免了。

A sentence can be divided up into meaningful segments .

一个句子可以划分成有意义的各个部分。

What does this sentence mean ?

这个句子是什么意思？

The example sentences in this dictionary are printed in italic type .

本词典中的例句都是用斜体排印的。

Long prison sentences can be a very effective deterrent for offenders .

判处长期徒刑可对违法者起到强有力的威慑作用。

The prisoner has served his sentence and will be released tomorrow .

犯人已服刑期满，明天将获释。

The offence carries a mandatory life sentence .

这种罪行依照法律要判无期徒刑。

The courts were empowered to impose the death sentence for certain crimes .

法院有权因某些罪行判处罪犯死刑。

The judge will pronounce sentence today .

法官将于今天宣判。

The judge passed sentence .

法官宣布了判决。

The judge gave him a nine-month suspended sentence .

法官判处他有期徒刑九个月，缓期执行。

The prison sentences will run concurrently .

所判的几个刑期合并执行。

The judge gave him a custodial sentence .

法官判处他监禁。

He was convicted of assaulting a police officer but he got off with a light sentence .

他被定了个殴打警察罪，然而却得到从轻判处。

There were extenuating circumstances and the defendant did not receive a prison sentence .

因有可减轻罪行的情节被告未被判刑。

The sentence had been wrongly translated .

这个句子翻译错了。

a noun in the form of the present participle of a verb , for example travelling in the sentence I preferred travelling alone .

动名词

a group of words that is not a sentence but adds information to the main part of a sentence , for example when it rang in She answered the phone when it rang .

从句；从属分句

Put a word in each blank to complete the sentence .

每个空格填上一个单词，把句子补充完整。

Basically , the article can be summarized in three sentences

这篇文章基本上可以概述为3句话。

The bill provides for the automatic review of all death sentences .

该法案规定所有死刑判决都要自动接受审核。

The accused men have been given relatively light sentences .

被控告的这些男子受到相对较轻的判决。

The court is expected to pass sentence later today .

预计法院今天晚些时候会宣布判决。