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sentence sb to sth
The judge sentenced him to ten years in prison.
法官判处他十年监禁。
宣判；判决；判刑
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宣判；判决；判刑
to declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment
The judge sentenced him to ten years in prison.
法官判处他十年监禁。
To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to condemn to punishment.
sentence
Base
原形
sentences
3rd person
第三人称单数
sentencing
-ing
现在分词
sentenced
Past
过去式
sentenced
Past participle
过去分词
The judge sentences criminals to prison.
法官判处罪犯入狱。
The court sentenced him to ten years.
法庭判处他十年徒刑。
The defendant has been sentenced to life.
被告已被判处终身监禁。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed
The judge sentenced the thief to two years in prison.
法官判处小偷两年监禁。
He was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.
他因谋杀被判处终身监禁。
The court will sentence the defendant next week.
法庭将于下周对被告宣判。
The judge sentenced him to ten years in prison.
法官判处他十年监禁。
She was sentenced for armed robbery.
她因持械抢劫被判刑。
He was sentenced to death.
他被判处死刑。
The court sentenced him to serve 20 years.
法院判处他服刑20年。
Not this
The judge sentenced him 5 years in prison.
Use this
The judge sentenced him to 5 years in prison.
动词sentence在表示判处刑罚时，必须使用介词to引出刑期，不能直接跟时间。中文可以说‘判他5年’，但英文中to不可省略。
Not this
He was sentenced for 5 years.
Use this
He was sentenced to 5 years.
for用于表示原因或目的，而判决刑期应用介词to。for 5 years可能被误解为‘因某事被判5年’的犯罪原因，而不是刑期本身。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
判处某人死刑
The judge sentenced the killer to death.
法官判处杀人犯死刑。
判处某人无期徒刑
The court sentenced her to life imprisonment.
法院判处她无期徒刑。
判处某人监禁
The judge sentenced the thief to prison.
法官判处小偷入狱。
对某人判处罚金
The judge sentenced the company to a fine of one million dollars.
法官判处该公司一百万美元罚金。
判处某人缓刑
He was sentenced to probation instead of prison.
他被判处缓刑而不是监禁。
死刑；(比喻)致命打击，毁灭性的结局
For many small shops, the new highway was a death sentence.
对许多小店来说，新高速公路的修建是致命打击。
无期徒刑；(比喻)终身负担，难以摆脱的处境
Looking after her disabled son full-time felt like a life sentence.
全职照顾残疾的儿子让她觉得像是被判了无期徒刑。
我判处你流放。
In the 1994 Disney animated film The Lion King, Scar sentences Simba to exile after taking the throne.
在1994年迪士尼动画电影《狮子王》中，刀疤在篡位后判处辛巴流放。
我判处你两个连续的无期徒刑。
In the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption, the judge sentences the wrongly convicted Andy Dufresne to two consecutive life terms.
在1994年的电影《肖申克的救赎》中，法官判处被诬告的安迪·杜佛兰两个连续的无期徒刑。
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法官宣判时说的sentence（判决）也是一种句子，记住动词sentence=判刑。
语域：formal 常见场景：法律文书、法庭审理、新闻报道 该词作动词时通常用于法律、法庭或新闻报道等正式语境，表示法官或法庭对罪犯宣告处罚。日常口语中较少单独使用，更常见的是“be sentenced to...”或“give someone a sentence”等搭配。
这些词都以 /ɛns/ 结尾（fence, hence, pence 拼作 -nce；sense, tense, dense 拼作 -nse），彼此押韵。但 sentence 的发音是 [ˈsɛntn̩t͡s]，重音在首音节，且结尾是 /t͡s/ 而非 /s/，因此它们都不与 sentence 完全押韵。注意 -nce 与 -nse 拼写不同但读音相同，属形近音近词。另注意 scent /sɛnt/ 拼写形近，但读 /sɛnt/，以 /t/ 结尾，和 /ɛns/ 不同。
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