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death sentence noun[ Cusually singular ] uk /ˈdeθ ˌsen.təns/ us /ˈdeθ ˌsen.təns/ a legal punishment of a crime by death: 死刑 In some countries, drug-smuggling still carries the death sentence.在某些国家,贩毒仍要被判处死刑。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Death penalties behead boot boots on the groundidiom burn capital offence capital punishment chair condemn death warrant decapitate decapitation electrocution firing squad guillotine hang hanging hangman hung stake the electric chair |