grant clemency to sb
grant clemency 常用于正式场合,指官方给予宽恕。
The governor granted clemency to the prisoner.
州长对囚犯给予了宽大处理。
宽大;仁慈;宽容
特赦;减刑;赦免;仁慈宽厚的用权;宽容,怜悯;审判或惩罚时的恻隐之心。;州行政长官对法律刑罚的赦免、减刑或类似减免、撤销或延缓。;宽厚
Kind and gentle treatment, especially by someone in authority; mercy or leniency.
仁慈宽厚的用权;宽容,怜悯;审判或惩罚时的恻隐之心。
The gentle or kind exercise of power; leniency, mercy; compassion in judging or punishing.
州行政长官对法律刑罚的赦免、减刑或类似减免、撤销或延缓。
A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.
The judge showed clemency and reduced the sentence to community service.
法官表现出仁慈,将刑罚减为社区服务。
用法提示:这里 clemency 作名词,表示法官对罪犯的宽大处理。
She begged for clemency, but the king remained unforgiving.
她恳求宽恕,但国王仍然不肯原谅。
用法提示:clemency 作名词,指请求宽厚对待。
Prisoners often hope for clemency during holiday seasons.
囚犯们常常希望节日期间能得到宽仁对待。
用法提示:clemency 作名词,指仁慈或宽厚的行为。
grant clemency 常用于正式场合,指官方给予宽恕。
The governor granted clemency to the prisoner.
州长对囚犯给予了宽大处理。
The lawyer asked for clemency on behalf of his client.
律师代表他的当事人请求宽大处理。
appeal for clemency 更强调恳求。
The family appealed for clemency from the court.
家属向法院请求宽大处理。
较通用,语气不如 clemency 正式;可直接替换表示宽大处理的语境,但更强调同情的动机。
侧重处罚或规则执行时的从宽,语气中性;clemency 更正式,且带有掌权者施恩的色彩。
只指内心的同情,不一定采取宽大行动;不能自动替代 clemency 中“宽赦、免予严惩”的含义。
强调忍耐和克制,未必出于主动的仁慈或宽赦;比 clemency 更侧重“忍住不发作”。
grammar · medium
易错句子The judge was very clemency.
正确表达The judge was very clement.
将名词'clemency'误用作形容词,应使用形容词'clement'表示'仁慈的'。
grammar · medium
易错句子The president showed clemency for the prisoner.
正确表达The president showed clemency to the prisoner.
表示'对某人宽大'时,用介词'to'而非'for'。
此反义词对应 clemency 的“宽厚、仁慈”义,而非“赦免”义;表示惩罚时的严厉。
对应 clemency 的“宽容”义,强调苛刻无情。
对应 clemency 的“怜悯”义,指毫无恻隐之心。
对应 clemency 的“仁慈”义,指故意使人痛苦。
对应 clemency 的“怜悯”义,直接表示没有慈悲。
clemency特指司法或权威人士对罪犯的宽大,mercy更广泛,可指任何情况下的仁慈
clemency通常用于正式司法语境,leniency更通用,可指任何宽容行为
给予宽大处理;予以赦免
The governor granted clemency to the prisoner.
州长对这名囚犯给予了宽大处理。
表现宽厚;展现仁慈
The judge showed clemency to the young offender.
法官对那名年轻违法者表现出了宽厚。
恳求宽恕;请求从宽处理
His family pleaded for clemency.
他的家人恳求宽恕。
行政赦免;行政宽恕
The prisoner applied for executive clemency.
这名囚犯申请了行政赦免。
宽大之举;仁慈之举
Releasing him early was an act of clemency.
提前释放他是宽大之举。
赦免请愿书;请求宽大处理的请愿
They submitted a petition for clemency to the governor.
他们向州长提交了赦免请愿书。
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clement(仁慈的;温和的)+ -cy(名词后缀,表示性质或状态)→ 仁慈、宽大;同根词:clement(仁慈的)、inclement(恶劣的;严酷的)、inclemency(恶劣;严酷)
与clemency同属行政或司法上减轻刑罚的手段。
指官方对一类罪行或一批罪犯的赦免,与clemency的宽恕含义相关。
clemency常由行政长官行使,与行政权力相关。
clemency影响的是法律刑罚,与判决结果直接相关。
请求赦免或减刑通常需要提交请愿,与clemency的申请程序相关。
恳求宽大处理;求情
The lawyer pleaded for clemency, citing his client's difficult childhood.
律师以委托人艰难的童年为由,恳求宽大处理。
表现出宽大;予以宽恕
The judge showed clemency to the first-time offender.
法官对初犯者给予了宽大处理。
行政赦免
The governor granted executive clemency to several prisoners.
州长对几名囚犯给予了行政赦免。
宽恕
Clemency is the award-winning title of a 2019 American drama film about a prison warden who questions the morality of capital punishment.
Clemency 是一部获奖的2019年美国剧情片,讲述一名监狱长质疑死刑的道德伦理。
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