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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Alain Jupp é, a former prime minister and Mr Chirac's right-hand man at the Paris town hall, was given only a suspended prison sentence in a separate fake-jobs case.
  在一个分开的虚假职位案件中，前总理、同时也是希拉克的得力助手阿兰•朱培，仅仅被判处缓刑。
• Pistorius was also given a three-year suspended sentence for contravening the firearms control act by firing a pistol in a busy restaurant, to run concurrently.
  此外，皮斯托瑞斯还因为在繁忙的餐馆开枪而违反枪支管控法案，被判处三年缓刑，与上述判决一并执行。
• A Beijing court has handed a suspended death sentence to a top food and drug official for bribery charges.
  北京一家法院对国家食品与药物监管部门一名被控受贿的高层官员判处死刑，缓期执行。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The judge gave him a suspended sentence.
  法官判了他缓刑。