suspended sentence

英 [səˌspendɪd ˈsentəns]

美 [səˌspendɪd ˈsentəns]

n.  缓刑

法律

牛津词典

noun

• 缓刑
  a punishment given to a criminal in court which means that they will only go to prison if they commit another crime within a particular period of time

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 缓刑
  If a criminal is given asuspended sentence, they are given a prison sentence which they have to serve if they commit another crime within a specified period of time.
  1. John was given a four-month suspended sentence.
     约翰被判缓刑4个月。

双语例句

• A suspended death sentence is usually commuted to life in prison in China.
  在中国，死缓往往会被改判为无期徒刑。
• The correct application of a suspended sentence in favor of education reform criminals, to prevent their returning to crime, thus demonstration effect through probation for maintaining social stability.
  缓刑的正确适用有利于教育改造犯罪分子，预防其重新犯罪，进而通过缓刑适用的示范效应维护社会稳定。
• In 1994, he fired at journalists with an air gun, injuring four and earning himself a suspended jail sentence of two years and 10 months.
  1994年，他曾手持气枪向多名记者开火，四名记者受伤，他也因此被判两年零10个月监禁，缓期执行。
• Suspended the sentence! They went free that very day!
  缓刑！他们在事出当天便自由了！
• Section one discusses the improvement of the substantive system of implementation of suspended sentence from three aspects: the body of supervision, the content of supervision and the consequence of supervision.
  第一节讨论缓刑执行的实体法制度的完善，主要从考察主体、考察内容和考察后果三个方面提出完善建议。
• Having taken the age of the accused into consideration, the court has decided to give him a suspended sentence.
  考虑到被告的年龄，法院决定给他缓期处刑。
• Suspended sentence grand a respite to a condemned man
  对判刑的人宣布缓刑
• Thirdly, as to the effect of the system of suspended sentence, in the perspectives of legal effect, social effect, political effect and economical effect, we have acquired great achievements, but there are also some deficiencies.
  再次，在缓刑实施效果方面，从法律效果、社会效果、政治效果和经济效果四个方面来看，我国在实施缓刑制度方面取得了一定成就，但同时也存在一定的问题。
• A senior Chinese banker was handed a suspended death sentence in Beijing yesterday for taking bribes and abusing his power while serving as a top official at China Development Bank.
  中国一位资深银行家昨日在北京被判处死缓，罪名是在担任中国国家开发银行（CDB）高官期间受贿并滥用职权。
• Wang was convicted of revealing military secrets to Japan by a court martial in2007 and received a suspended death sentence, according to Japanese media.
  2007年，据日媒体报道，王庆前因泄漏军事机密而被军事法庭定罪，并被判死刑。