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شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
شبکه مترجمین ایران
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sentence verbs get/receive a sentence ( also be given a sentence ) • She was given a three-year prison sentence. face a sentence (= be likely to receive a sentence ) • He faces a long prison sentence if he is caught. serve a sentence (= spend time in prison ) • Her husband is serving a two-year sentence for credit-card fraud. a crime carries a sentence (= that is the punishment for that crime ) • Rape should carry an automatic life sentence. impose/hand down a sentence (= officially give someone a sentence ) • The judge imposed a three-year sentence. pass sentence formal (= officially say what someone’s punishment will be ) • It is now my duty to pass sentence. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + sentence a stiff/long sentence (= a long time in prison ) • Police officers are demanding stiffer sentences for offenders. a light/short sentence (= a short time in prison ) • We’re hoping that he gets off with a light sentence. a prison/jail sentence ( also a custodial sentence British English formal ) • If found guilty, he faces a long jail sentence. a non-custodial sentence British English formal (= a punishment in which a person does not go to prison ) • The judge said the offence was too serious for a non-custodial sentence. a five-year/eight-year etc sentence (= five/eight etc years in prison ) • He was serving an eight-year sentence for burglary. the maximum sentence (= the most that can be given for a particular crime ) • The maximum sentence for this offence is five years. a life sentence (= prison for the rest of your life, or a very long time ) • In 1978 he was given a life sentence for attacking a 72-year-old woman. a death sentence (= a punishment of death ) • Death sentences were handed down to eight of the accused. a suspended sentence (= one which someone will serve only if they commit another crime ) • Her attacker got a two-year suspended sentence.
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noun judgment: He sobbed when he heard the sentence. verb adjudged: He was sentenced to two years in jail.
Simple Definitions
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verb PREP. for They had been sentenced for murder. | to He was sentenced to two years in prison. PHRASES sentence sb to death, sentence sb to imprisonment The judge sentenced her to life imprisonment.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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noun group of words ADJ. long, short Try to keep your sentences short. | complete, whole | broken, incomplete | grammatical, grammatically correct | grammatically incorrect, ungrammatical | coherent | affirmative, negative | complex, simple | compound VERB + SENTENCE begin | finish Peter finished Jane's sentence for her. | construct, form, formulate, generate, write He can barely form a grammatical sentence. | parse SENTENCE + VERB contain sth, have sth Does the sentence contain an adverb? SENTENCE + NOUN structure punishment given by a judge ADJ. maximum, minimum | long, short | harsh, heavy, severe, stiff | lenient, light | indefinite, indeterminate | appropriate | mandatory The judge imposed the mandatory sentence for murder. | suspended | custodial, jail, prison | non-custodial | death | life VERB + SENTENCE hand down, impose, pass, pronounce The judge will pass sentence on the accused this afternoon. | be given, get, receive | serve He will have to serve a life sentence. | carry out | await He spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence. | face She could face a long prison sentence. | commute, reduce The death sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment. | suspend | appeal against | review | quash | carry The offence carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison. PREP. under ~ (of) He has been in prison for two months under sentence of death. | ~ for an eight-year sentence for burglary
Oxford Collocations Dictionary