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 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。
• Suspended the sentence! They went free that very day!
  缓刑！他们在事出当天便自由了！
• The object of this dissertation is the system of suspended sentence in China.
  本文研究的对象是中国缓刑制度。
• Landis, who was tried in his absence, was given a suspended sentence of a year in jail.
  兰迪斯试图不出庭，但仍被判处了一年有期徒刑，缓期执行。
• 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。
• You forget, radl, that I'm under suspended sentence of death.
  你忘了，瑞德，我被判暂缓死刑。
• China has given a suspended death sentence to a former senior drugs regulator for taking bribes from pharmaceuticals companies as concerns about the quality of food and drugs in the country mount.
  中国法院日前对药品监管部门的一位前高级官员判处死缓，罪名是收受制药企业的贿赂。中国国内对食品和药品质量的担忧正在不断上升。
• In Russian legal system, the Soviet government constructed perfect socialist system of suspended sentence. Based on it, Russia has some developments in this system after 1991.
  俄罗斯在苏维埃时期建构了完善的社会主义缓刑制度，国体发生变化后，俄罗斯在继承的基础上又对缓刑制度有所发展。
• The three were sentenced to time served, which was18 years and78 days, and immediately released& though, to ensure good behaviour, a suspended sentence of ten years hangs over each man's head.
  这三个人被判十八年零78天的服役，并且很快被释放出来，不过，为了保证他们有一个良好的行为，一个十年的缓期徒刑仍然在等待着他们。
• 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。