1group of words一組詞ADJECTIVE | VERB + SENTENCE | SENTENCE + VERB | SENTENCE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤long, short長句;短句◇Try to keep your sentences short.盡量使用短句。➤complete, whole完整句子;整句▸➤broken, incomplete支離破碎的/不完整的句子➤full整句◇She was a gifted child and could speak in full sentences at a very young age.她是個有天賦的孩子,很小的時候就能說完整的句子了。➤single一個句子◇The argument can be distilled into a single sentence.這個論點可以用一句話概括。➤grammatical, ungrammatical符合語法的/不符合語法的句子▸➤coherent連貫的句子▸➤affirmative, declarative, negative肯定句;陳述句;否定句▸➤complex, simple複合句;簡單句➤run-on (NAmE) 連寫句➤opening開首語◇the opening sentence of the novel小說開首句◇'Once upon a time...'-the opening sentence to some of our very best-loved fairy tales“從前⋯” - 我們最喜歡的一些童話的開場白➤following接下來的句子◇I came across the following sentence in a paper recently...最近我在報紙上看到了下面的話⋯VERB + SENTENCE➤begin開始句子▸➤finish結束句子◇Peter finished Jane's sentence for her.彼得替簡說完了那句話。➤complete完成句子◇Complete the following sentence: 'I love dictionaries because...'.請完成下面的句子:“我喜愛詞典是因為⋯。”➤end結束句子◇He tells her not to end her sentences with prepositions.他告訴她句尾不要用介詞。➤speak, utter說出/講出句子◇Troy uttered one last sentence.特洛伊說了最後一句話。◇The last sentence was spoken considerably more softly than the others.最後一句話說得比其他話輕柔得多。➤construct, form, formulate, string together, write造句;連成句子;寫句子◇He can barely form a grammatical sentence.他幾乎造不出合乎語法的句子。◇Cooke was so nervous he could barely string a sentence together.庫克緊張得結結巴巴,話不成句。➤parse對句子作句法分析➤punctuate (usuallyfigurative) 斷句◇She punctuated her sentence with a well-aimed kick at his right shin.她說着停了下來,對準他的右腿脛部狠踢了一腳。➤read讀句子◇I kept reading the same sentence over and over again.我一遍又一遍地讀同一個句子。SENTENCE + VERB➤contain sth, have sth句子中包含⋯◇Does the sentence contain an adverb?這個句子中有副詞嗎?SENTENCE + NOUN➤structure句子結構sentence
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2punishment given by a judge判刑ADJECTIVE | VERB + SENTENCE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤maximum, minimum最重/最輕刑罰◇the mandatory minimum sentence (NAmE) 法定最低量刑➤average平均刑期▸➤long, short長期/短期徒刑▸➤harsh, heavy, severe, stiff苛刻的處罰;重判;嚴厲的刑罰▸➤lenient, light寬大的判決;輕判➤reduced減刑◇He turned state's evidence in return for a reduced sentence.他供出了同案犯的犯罪證據以求獲得減刑。➤indeterminate (especially BrE) 不定期刑▸➤appropriate適當的刑罰▸➤mandatory強制性判決◇The judge imposed the mandatory sentence for murder.法官對謀殺罪作出了強制性判決。➤suspended緩刑▸➤jail, prison徒刑;監禁➤criminal刑事判決◇He suggested doubling the criminal sentences for company executives.他建議對公司高管的刑事判決刑期加倍。➤custodial, non-custodial (both BrE) 監禁/非監禁判決▸➤death死刑▸➤life無期徒刑;終身監禁VERB + SENTENCE➤hand down, impose, pass, pronounce作出判決;宣佈判決;宣判◇The judge will pass sentence on the accused this afternoon.法官將於今天下午宣佈對被告的判決。➤be given, get, receive被判刑➤begin (especially BrE) 開始服刑◇He has begun a life sentence for Carol's murder.他因謀殺卡蘿爾被判無期徒刑,已開始服刑。➤serve服刑◇He will have to serve a life sentence.他得服無期徒刑。➤carry out, complete執行判決;服滿刑期◇ex-felons who have completed their sentences刑期已滿的重罪犯➤await (especially BrE) 等候判決◇He spent a week in custody awaiting sentence.等候判決期間他被拘押了一個星期。➤face面臨判決◇She could face a long prison sentence.她可能會被判長期監禁。➤suspend暫緩執行判決▸➤appeal, appeal against (BrE) 對判決提起上訴▸➤review對判決進行複審▸➤commute, reduce減刑◇The death sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment.死刑可能減為無期徒刑。➤overturn, quash (BrE) 推翻/撤銷判決➤uphold維持原判◇The US Supreme Court recently upheld both of these sentences.美國最高法院最近宣佈維持這兩項判決。➤carry受⋯刑罰◇This type of assault carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison.這類人身侵犯罪最長可判 6 個月監禁。PREPOSITION➤sentence for因⋯判處的刑罰◇an eight-year sentence for burglary因入室盜竊被判 8 年徒刑PHRASES➤under sentence of death被判死刑◇He was imprisoned under sentence of death.他被判死刑,身陷囚牢。◇He has been in prison for two months under sentence of death.被判死刑以來他已經入獄兩個月。sentence
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ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤hereby特此判決◇I hereby sentence you to death by hanging(= as spoken by a judge).本人特此宣佈對你判處絞刑。➤in absentia缺席判決◇He has been convicted and sentenced in absentia(= he was not present at the trial).他被缺席定罪並判決。PREPOSITION➤for因⋯判罰◇They had been sentenced for murder.他們因謀殺罪被判刑。➤to判處◇He was sentenced to two years in prison.他被判處兩年監禁。◇The judge sentenced her to life imprisonment.法官判處她終身監禁。