Sentence

Definition

sentence /'sentǝns; US -tns/ n ၁။ [C] ( grammar ) ဝါက်။ ၂။ [C,U] ( law ) ျပစ္ဒဏ္ခ်မွတ္ခ်က္။ စီရင္ခ်က္။ a jail/ prison/ custodial sentence ❍ a death sentence ❍ be under sentence of death (ie condemned to die as a punishment) ❍ a life sentence (ie the punishment of being sent to prison for life or a very long time) ❍ The judge passed/ pronounced sentence (on the prisoner ) (ie said what the punishment would be). ❍ She has served (ie completed) her sentence and will now be released. v ~ sb (to sth) ျပစ္ဒဏ္ခ်မွတ္သည္။ စီရင္သည္။ sentence a thief to six months' imprisonment ❍ The ringleaders were sentenced to be shot by a firing squad. ❍ guidelines for the sentencing of juveniles ❍ ( fig ) a crippling disease which sentenced him to a lifetime in a wheelchair. ဘီးတပ္ကုလားထိုင္တြင္ တစ္သက္သာကုန္လြန္ရန္ တံုးလံုး လဲေစေသာ ေရာဂါ။

Examples

1. She received the maximum sentence of ten years.
2. [serve a sentence] : He is serving a three-year sentence for burglary.
3. [hand down/impose a sentence] : The judge imposed a harsher sentence than expected.
4. [pass/pronounce sentence] : There was silence as the judge pronounced sentence.
5. [commute a sentence] : Judge Miles QC commuted the sentence to three years.