Sentence 音标拼音: [s'ɛntəns]
n . 句子;审判,判决
vt . 审判,判决
句子;审判,判决审判,判决
sentence 非句( 子 )
sentence 句( 子 )
sentence 句 句子
sentence n 1 :
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language ; "
he always spoke in grammatical sentences "
2 : (
criminal law )
a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed ; "
the conviction came as no surprise " [
synonym : {
conviction }, {
judgment of conviction },
{
condemnation }, {
sentence }] [
ant : {
acquittal }]
3 :
the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned ; "
he served a prison term of 15 months "; "
his sentence was 5 to 10 years ";
"
he is doing time in the county jail " [
synonym : {
prison term },
{
sentence }, {
time }]
v 1 :
pronounce a sentence on (
somebody )
in a court of law ; "
He was condemned to ten years in prison " [
synonym : {
sentence },
{
condemn }, {
doom }]
Sentence \
Sen "
tence \,
n . [
F .,
from L .
sententia ,
for sentientia ,
from sentire to discern by the senses and the mind ,
to feel ,
to think .
See {
Sense },
n .,
and cf . {
Sentiensi }.]
1 .
Sense ;
meaning ;
significance . [
Obs .]
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Tales of best sentence and most solace . --
Chaucer .
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The discourse itself ,
voluble enough ,
and full of sentence . --
Milton .
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2 .
(
a )
An opinion ;
a decision ;
a determination ;
a judgment ,
especially one of an unfavorable nature .
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My sentence is for open war . --
Milton .
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That by them [
Luther '
s works ]
we may pass sentence upon his doctrines . --
Atterbury .
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(
b )
A philosophical or theological opinion ;
a dogma ;
as ,
Summary of the Sentences ;
Book of the Sentences .
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3 . (
Law )
In civil and admiralty law ,
the judgment of a court pronounced in a cause ;
in criminal and ecclesiastical courts ,
a judgment passed on a criminal by a court or judge ;
condemnation pronounced by a judicial tribunal ;
doom .
In common law ,
the term is exclusively used to denote the judgment in criminal cases .
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Received the sentence of the law . --
Shak .
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4 .
A short saying ,
usually containing moral instruction ;
a maxim ;
an axiom ;
a saw . --
Broome .
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5 . (
Gram .)
A combination of words which is complete as expressing a thought ,
and in writing is marked at the close by a period ,
or full point .
See {
Proposition },
4 .
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Note :
Sentences are simple or compound .
A simple sentence consists of one subject and one finite verb ;
as , "
The Lord reigns ."
A compound sentence contains two or more subjects and finite verbs ,
as in this verse :
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He fills ,
he bounds ,
connects ,
and equals all .
--
Pope .
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{
Dark sentence },
a saying not easily explained .
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A king . . .
understanding dark sentences . --
Dan .
vii .
23 .
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Sentence \
Sen "
tence \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Sentenced };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Sentencing }.]
1 .
To pass or pronounce judgment upon ;
to doom ;
to condemn to punishment ;
to prescribe the punishment of .
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Nature herself is sentenced in your doom . --
Dryden .
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2 .
To decree or announce as a sentence . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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3 .
To utter sententiously . [
Obs .] --
Feltham .
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181 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sentence ":
Parthian shot ,
acquittal ,
act on ,
action ,
adage ,
address ,
adjectival phrase ,
adjudge ,
adjudicate ,
affirmation ,
allegation ,
ana ,
analects ,
anathematize ,
anathematizing ,
answer ,
aphorism ,
apostrophe ,
apothegm ,
article ,
assertion ,
attaint ,
averment ,
award ,
axiom ,
back matter ,
blacklist ,
blame ,
book ,
bring home to ,
byword ,
catchword ,
censure ,
chapter ,
clause ,
collected sayings ,
comment ,
condemn ,
condemnation ,
consideration ,
construction ,
convict ,
conviction ,
crack ,
current saying ,
damn ,
damnation ,
death sentence ,
death warrant ,
decision ,
declaration ,
decree ,
deliverance ,
denounce ,
denouncement ,
denunciate ,
denunciation ,
determination ,
devote ,
diagnosis ,
dictate ,
dictum ,
distich ,
doom ,
epigram ,
exclamation ,
excommunicate ,
excommunication ,
expression ,
fascicle ,
find ,
find against ,
find for ,
find guilty ,
finding ,
folio ,
front matter ,
gathering ,
gnome ,
golden saying ,
greeting ,
guilty verdict ,
headed group ,
idiom ,
idiotism ,
interjection ,
judge ,
judgement ,
judgment ,
landmark decision ,
locution ,
manner of speaking ,
maxim ,
mention ,
moral ,
mot ,
motto ,
note ,
noun phrase ,
number ,
observation ,
oracle ,
ordain ,
order ,
page ,
paragraph ,
pass judgment ,
pass sentence ,
pass sentence on ,
passage ,
peculiar expression ,
penalize ,
penalty ,
period ,
phrasal idiom ,
phrase ,
pithy saying ,
position ,
precedent ,
precept ,
prescript ,
prognosis ,
pronounce ,
pronounce judgment ,
pronounce on ,
pronounce sentence ,
pronouncement ,
proscribe ,
proscription ,
proverb ,
proverbial saying ,
proverbs ,
punish ,
punishment ,
question ,
rap ,
reflection ,
remark ,
report ,
resolution ,
return a verdict ,
rule ,
ruling ,
saw ,
say ,
saying ,
section ,
sententious expression ,
set phrase ,
sheet ,
signature ,
sloka ,
standard phrase ,
statement ,
stock saying ,
subjoinder ,
sutra ,
syntactic structure ,
teaching ,
term ,
text ,
thought ,
turn of expression ,
turn of phrase ,
usage ,
utter a judgment ,
utterance ,
verb complex ,
verb phrase ,
verbalism ,
verdict ,
verdict of guilty ,
verse ,
way of speaking ,
wisdom ,
wisdom literature ,
wise saying ,
witticism ,
word ,
word -
group ,
words of wisdom
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