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词汇 convicting
释义 convicting
present participle ofconvict
convict
verb[ Tusually passive ]
uk /kənˈvɪkt/ us /kənˈvɪkt/
C2
to decide officially in a law court that someone is guilty of a crime: (在法庭上)宣判…有罪,证明…有罪
be convicted ofHe has twice been convicted of robbery/arson.他两次被判犯有抢劫罪/纵火罪。
Opposites
acquit
clear
exculpateformal
exonerateformal
It was thought that he'd committed the crime but there wasn't sufficient evidence to convict him.人们都认为他是犯罪凶手,但没有足够的证据将他定罪。
She was convicted of murdering her drunken and allegedly violent husband.她因谋杀丈夫而获罪,她丈夫经常酗酒,据说还有家庭暴力行为。
He was convicted of felony.
An Italian court convicted him in absentia for his terrorist activities.一个意大利法庭因他参与恐怖主义活动对他进行了缺席宣判。
If convicted, she could be jailed for five years for living off immoral earnings.如果被判有罪,她可能会因靠卖淫为生坐5年牢。
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convicting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Mistakenly convicting someone of a felony in those times extracted a very high price.
Forced to choose between the risks of convicting the innocent and letting the guilty go free, an increased percentage opted for the latter.
Indeed, each juror may in turn be held by his fellows to give his reasons for acquitting, though the better rule would seem to require these for convicting.
Ockham noted that this way of convicting an individual of pertinacity was novel, and so expanded on it extensively.
So the ultra vires thesis must show that the state's hands are tied before questions concerning the effects of convicting and punishing the imperiled wrongdoer can be raised.
I should certainly not welcome the idea of giving juries the chance, in charges of dangerous driving, of convicting only of careless driving.
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My difficulty is that, on convicting a person, the only choice for the court is life imprisonment or a fine.
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It places the minimum demands on the prosecutor consistent with the need to avoid the possibility of convicting the innocent.
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Only the courts should be allowed to take such decisions, and only after convicting perpetrators of serious crimes.
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In convicting an under-16 of such an offence, the court will already have considered whether the child appreciated that the action was wrong.
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Again, because they have power to do that without convicting, there is no right of appeal.
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There is nothing to stop the court from convicting.
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There is a practice in some courts of convicting cases of doubtful sanity and sending them to prison for observation.
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We know of errors in convicting the innocent.
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According to that analysis, we are doing worse in terms cf catching criminals and convicting them.
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