爱华网
【英语词汇】
condemn、convict
sentence、acquit
佳中
condemn
sentence
convict
这组词表示“作出判决”、“定罪”的意思。
condemn“定罪”、“判决”，普通用词。指法院对审理结束的案件做出的定罪判刑
1）The judge condemned the thief to oneyear of hard labor.
法官判这个贼服一年苦役。
2）Thethief was condemned to a year of hardlabor.
那个小偷被判处强制劳动一年。
3）Therelatives of the victim strongly demanded that the murdererbe
condemned to death.
受害者的亲属强烈要求凶手被判死刑。
convict“证明……有罪”、“宣告……有罪”，法律用词，指指评审团或法官判决被告
有罪。常用结构是： convict …… of ……。 名词是conviction。
1）The fingerprints found onthe knife were used to convicted himof the
murder.
刀上发现的指纹被用来定他的谋杀罪。
2）Theyconvicted him on a charge of forgery.
他们指控他犯有伪造罪。
3）Youcan't convict a man of a crime oncircumstantial evidence alone
不能靠旁证就判定一个人有罪。
4）Theyamassed enough evidence to convict him on sixcharges.
他们搜集了足够的证据定他有六条罪状。
5）The evidence collected so far is not justified enough for theconviction
of her crime.
目前收集到的证据不足以给她定罪。
6）Themaximum penalty for such an offence, uponconviction, is a fine
of10,000.
一经定罪，该项控罪的最高刑罚为罚款10,000元。
sentence“判刑”，“定罪”法律用词，指根据罪行作出判决、决定罪犯应受到何等
惩罚。用法同 condemn，比condemn 正式。名词是sentence。
1）The man wassentenced / condemned to three years inprison.
他被判三年监禁。
2）Theprime culprit was sentenced / condemnedo life imprisonment.
这个主犯被判无期徒刑。
3）The judge gave him anine-month suspended sentence.
法官判处他9个月监禁，缓期执行。
4）Thebench read the sentence to thecriminal.
法官向罪犯宣读了判决。
5）She appealed to the highcourt against her sentence.
她向高等法院上诉对她的判决。
acquit“宣判无罪”、“开释”。常用结构：acquitesb. of …… 。
1）Hewas acquitted of the crime.
他被宣告无罪。
2）The jury acquitted herof all charges.
陪审团宣告她未犯所控诸项罪行。
