音标:['sentәns] ; 柯林斯词典等级:4 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 句子, 命题, 宣判
vt. 宣判, 判决
[计] 句子
n. a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
v. pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
词型变化:名词复数形式 : sentences ; 过去分词 : sentenced ; 过去式 : sentenced ; 现在分词 : sentencing ; 第三人称单数 : sentences
考试类型:[中考/高考/四级/六级/考研/托福]
词性分布:
名词79%
动词21%

sentence的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. It is a fact that I have written this sentence.我写了这个句子是事实。
  2. The judge will pass sentence tomorrow after looking at the report.法官看完报告后明天会做出判决。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. He has been sentenced to pay a fine of 1000 pounds.他被判罚款1000英镑。
  2. He was sentenced to death.他被处以死刑。

常见句型

用作动词(v.)
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. The criminal had been sentenced.罪犯已被判了徒刑。
  2. No one could understand why the murderer was not sentenced.谁也不理解为什么杀人犯没有被判处徒刑。
用作宾补动词S+~+ n./pron. +to- v
  1. The judge sentenced him to do hard labour.法官宣判他服苦役。
  2. 1
  3. He has been sentenced to pay a fine of £1000.他被判罚款1000英镑。
  4. They were sentenced to be hanged.他们被判处绞刑。
用作名词(n.)
  1. He read the sentence conversely.他倒着读句子。
  2. The sentence is void of meaning.这句话缺乏意义。
  3. This sentence is vague in sense.这个句子意思不清楚。
  4. The sentence is susceptible to two interpretations.这个句子可以有两种解释。
  5. It is the subjective complement in the sentence.它在这个句子中是主语补足语。
  6. There is a straight line under the sentence.句子下面有一条直线。
  7. Neither sentence is correct.两个句子都不对。
  8. The meaning of the sentence is obvious to everybody.每个人都明显地知道这个句子的意思。
  9. I lost the end of the sentence.我没听见那句话的末尾。
  10. I can't sum up his whole philosophy in one sentence.我无法用一句话来概括他的全部人生观。
  11. Make sentences with this phrase, please.请用这个短语造几个句子。
  12. The sentence can, therefore, be expected to be severe.因此,完全可以预料判决将是严厉的。
  13. The judge looked solemn as he was about to pass sentence.法官在宣判前表情严肃。
  14. The Supreme Court is expected to uphold the death sentence.预计最高法院将维持死刑的原判。
  15. The convict was pardoned after serving five years of his sentence.那个囚犯在服刑五年后被赦免。

常用短语

用作动词(v.)
sentence to (v.+prep.)
    使…遭受 force (sb/sth) to suffer (sth or doing sth unpleasant)sentence sb to sth

    The judge sentenced the murderer to death.

    法官宣判杀人犯死刑。

    The judge sentenced him to five years for theft.

    因盗窃罪法官判处他五年徒刑。

    Then the manager was sentenced to seven years' imprisonment for smuggling.

    当时那位经理因走私罪被判七年徒刑。

    He was tried on the charge of inciting to riot and sentenced to thirty days in jail.

    他因被指控煽动骚乱而受到审判,并被判处30天监禁。

    sentence sb/sth to sth/v-ing

    There is no need to think that you are sentenced to a lifetime of unhappiness.

    没必要认为你就注定一辈子得不到幸福。

    Many fine old houses in the city are being sentenced to destruction by the council's rebuilding plans.

    本市很多完好的古老建筑都因市议会的重建规划而将被拆毁。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)
~+介词
  • sentence for因…而判刑
  • sentence for theft因偷窃罪被判刑
  • sentence to判处
  • sentence to a fine被判处罚款
  • sentence to death被判死刑
  • sentence to five years被判刑五年
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • add a sentence加上一个句子
  • analyze a sentence分析句子
  • build a sentence造句
  • carry out a sentence执行判决
  • choose a sentence选择句子
  • coin a sentence造句
  • complete a sentence完成一个句子
  • complete one's sentence服刑期满
  • compose a sentence造句
  • correct a sentence订正句子
  • form a sentence造句
  • make up a sentence造句
  • pass sentence on〔upon〕 sb判某人刑
  • polish a sentence给句子润色
  • pronounce a sentence宣布一项判决
  • quote a sentence引用一句话
  • reduce a sentence减刑
  • rewrite a sentence改写句子
  • serve a sentence服刑
  • write good sentences文笔流畅
形容词+~
  • accumulative sentence累计徒刑
  • complete sentence完整的句子
  • complex sentence复合句
  • difficult sentence难句子
  • former sentence原判
  • harsh sentence重刑
  • heavy sentence重刑
  • impersonal sentence非人称句
  • interrogative sentence疑问句
  • involved sentence复杂的句子
  • light sentence轻刑
  • long sentence长句
  • severe sentence重刑
  • short sentence短句
  • simple sentence简单句
  • three-year sentence三年徒刑
名词+~
  • capital sentence死刑
  • death sentence死刑
  • life sentence无期徒刑
  • prison sentence监禁
  • topic sentence主题句
~+名词
  • sentence elements句子成分
  • sentence patterns句型
  • sentence structure句子结构
介词+~
  • in a sentence用一个句子
  • under sentence被判刑
  • under a death sentence for murder因谋杀罪被判处死刑
~+介词
  • sentence of this type这一类型的句子

经典引文

  • Freed after serving eight months of their two-year sentences.

    出自:Daily Telegraph
  • The judge pronounced sentence of imprisonment for life.

    出自:N. Gordimer
  • You were sentenced for throwing corrosive fluid over your wife.

    出自:Pall Mall Gazette
  • Wilde was convicted and sentenced to two years' hard labour.

    出自:R. P. Graves

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