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
- 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。 - 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。 - The judge showed clemency to the prisoner.
法官对囚犯很仁慈。 - I assume you've come here to plead for clemency on your husband's behalf.
我想您来此是为了替您丈夫请求宽待。 - 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。 - Used of persons or behavior; showing no clemency or mercy.
用来指人或者行为；表现出没有宽厚或者仁慈。 - 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； - The judge believed in clemency for youthful offenders.
法官认为对年轻的犯罪者应以慈悲为怀。 - England is not known for the clemency of its climate.
英格兰并不以气候温和出名。