clemency
英 [ˈklemənsi]
美 [ˈklemənsi]
n. (对受惩罚的人表现出的)仁慈，慈悲; 宽恕; 宽容
BNC.25879 / COCA.18529
牛津词典
noun
- （对受惩罚的人表现出的）仁慈，慈悲；宽恕；宽容
kindness shown to sb when they are being punished; willingness not to punish sb so severely- a plea for clemency
乞求开恩
- a plea for clemency
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 宽大;轻判;宽恕
If someone is grantedclemency, they are punished less severely than they could be.- Seventeen prisoners held on death row are to be executed after their pleas for clemency were turned down.
17名死刑犯申请宽大处理遭到驳回后即将被处决。
- Seventeen prisoners held on death row are to be executed after their pleas for clemency were turned down.
英英释义
noun
- leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
- he threw himself on the mercy of the court
- good weather with comfortable temperatures
双语例句
- Here stooping to your clemency.
在这里屈身于你的温和中。 - Perform meritorious service to atone for one's crimes so as to obtain clemency from the people.
立功赎罪，以求得人民的宽恕。 - Captain Bligh: If that's an attempt to earn clemency, I spit on it.
布莱斯船长：如果那是想积攒仁慈的企图，那我就唾弃它。 - Singapore has executed two Africans for drug smuggling despite a plea of clemency from Nigeria's president.
新加坡处死了两名走私毒品的非洲人，尽管尼日利亚总统此前请求给予从宽处理。 - The condemned prisoner cowered and began to whimper for clemency.
那个被判罪的囚犯抖缩着并开始抽泣请求宽恕。 - He was indistinctly conscious that the pardon of this priest was the greatest assault and the most formidable attack which had moved him yet, that his obduracy was finally settled if he resisted this clemency;
他仿佛觉得，神甫的原有是使他回心转意的一种最大的迫击和最凶猛的攻势，如果他对那次恩德还要抵抗，那他就会死硬到底，永不回头； - Muhammad's lawyers are asking for clemency, claiming that he has severe mental illness.
穆罕默德的律师正在申请宽大处理，声称他患有精神疾病。 - England is not known for the clemency of its climate.
英格兰并不以气候温和出名。 - The condemned man petitioned me governor for clemency.
被判刑的人上书州长请求慈悲。 - I had to beg her pardon. The condemned man petitioned the government for clemency.
被判刑的囚犯请求政府宽恕他。