第三人称复数：life sentences
1. 无期徒刑；终身监禁
If someone receives a life sentence, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life, or for a very long period of time.
e.g. Some were serving life sentences for murder.
有些人因为谋杀罪在服无期徒刑。
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1. Manson was initially sentenced to die for his crimes but the sentence was commuted to life in prison after California courts abolished the death penalty.
2. The same court also imposed a life sentence for Sanlu chairwoman Tian Wenhua.
3. Brooks pleaded not guilty Tuesday to additional charges including predatory sexual assault, which carries a potential life sentence.
4. Ramos had faced a possible sentence of life in prison for conspiracy to commit murder.
5. His attorneys have asked Kaine to commute his sentence to life in prison because they say he is mentally ill.
6. The Pakistani government agreed to commute his sentence from life in prison to exile in Saudi Arabia for 10 years.
7. They said they were bound by Scottish rules of compassion to release him, although he had served only eight years of a life sentence.
8. Spain does not impose the death sentence nor life imprisonment and the maximum sentence for a convict is 40 years.
9. The Yemeni prisoner faces a maximum life sentence if convicted of conspiracy and supporting terrorism.
10. The court said the life sentence was handed down with leniency, based on Dai's cooperative attitude during the investigation.
noun
1. a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
e.g. he got life for killing the guard
Synonym: life