| 释义 | the death penalty noun[ S ]
 uk /ˈdeθ ˌpen.əl.ti/ us /ˈdeθ ˌpen.əl.t̬i/
 the legal punishment of death for a crime: 死刑
 She would like to see the return of the death penalty in Britain.她希望英国恢复死刑。
 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
 Death penalties
 behead
 boot
 boots on the groundidiom
 burn
 capital offence
 capital punishment
 chair
 condemn
 death warrant
 decapitate
 decapitation
 electrocution
 firing squad
 guillotine
 hang
 hanging
 hangman
 hung
 stake
 the electric chair
 
 death penalty | American Dictionarydeath penalty
 noun[ C ]
 us/ˈdeθ ˌpen·əl·ti/
 the legal punishment of particular crimes by death
 
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