vt.　宣判；判决 give a punishment to sb for doing wrong; condemn a person to a particular punishment

　～ for　因…而判刑
　～ for theft　因偷窃罪被判刑
　～ to　判处
　～ to a fine　被判处罚款
　～ to death　被判死刑
　～ to five years　被判刑五年

　The criminal had been sentenced.　罪犯已被判了徒刑。
　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。
　The judge sentenced him to do hard labour.　法官宣判他服苦役。
　He has been sentenced to pay a fine of ￡1000.　他被判罚款1000英镑。
　They were sentenced to be hanged.　他们被判处绞刑。

 ♣ sentence to　(v.+prep.)
1. 处以刑罚 give a punishment to
　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。
2. 使…遭受 force (sb/sth) to suffer (sth or doing sth unpleasant)
　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。

 ♣ sentence, condemn
　这两个词的共同意思是“判处，宣判”。在表示“判处死刑”时，二者可通用；在表示“判处…年徒刑”时，两者用法不同，用sentence时，年限在前，刑罚在后，用condemn时刑罚在前，年限在后。试比较：
　
 ♣ 下面两个句子意思相同：
　

　法官判处这罪犯三年徒刑。
　［误］ The judge sentenced the criminal for three years' imprisonment.
　［正］ The judge sentenced the criminal to three years' imprisonment.
　法官判处他盗窃罪徒刑5年。
　［误］ The judge sentenced him for five years to theft.
　［正］ The judge sentenced him for five years for theft.
　［析］ sentence在表示“判多少年，判死刑”时，后面要跟介词to，不能跟介词for. 表示“因…而判处”时跟介词for，不跟介词to.

1. C U 宣判，判决　 a punishment for a criminal declared to be guilty in court
2. C 句子　 a group of words that forms a statement, command, or question, usually contains a subject and a verb, and ends with any of the marks

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

　He read the sentence conversely.　他倒着读句子。
　The sentence is void of meaning.　这句话缺乏意义。
　This sentence is vague in sense.　这个句子意思不清楚。
　The sentence is susceptible to two interpretations.　这个句子可以有两种解释。
　It is the subjective complement in the sentence.　它在这个句子中是主语补足语。
　There is a straight line under the sentence.　句子下面有一条直线。
　Neither sentence is correct.　两个句子都不对。
　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。
　I lost the end of the sentence.　我没听见那句话的末尾。
　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。
　Make sentences with this phrase, please.　请用这个短语造几个句子。
　The sentence can, therefore, be expected to be severe.　因此，完全可以预料判决将是严厉的。
　The judge looked solemn as he was about to pass sentence.　法官在宣判前表情严肃。
　The Supreme Court is expected to uphold the death sentence.　预计最高法院将维持死刑的原判。
　The convict was pardoned after serving five years of his sentence.　那个囚犯在服刑五年后被赦免。

　被判处死刑
　［误］ under a sentence of death
　［正］ under sentence of death
　对…判刑
　［误］ pass〔pronounce〕 the sentence on〔upon〕
　［正］ pass〔pronounce〕 sentence on〔upon〕
　［析］ 在此类短语中，前不用冠词a或the.

　［同义词］ v. condemn, doom, judge n. condemnation, decision, judgement, order, pronouncement
　［词源］　中古英语<古法语<拉丁语sententia