单词 | clemency |
释义 | clemencyWord family nounclemencyadjectiveclementadverbclemently clem·en·cy /ˈklemənsi/ noun [uncountableU] formal forgiveness and less severe punishment for a crime 仁慈,宽恕 grant/give somebody clemency She was granted clemency after killing her violent husband. 她杀死粗暴的丈夫后得到了宽大处理。 Examples from the Corpus clemency• Mr Harris had applied for a clemency hearing before the governor, Mr George Deukmejian.• Presidents Truman and Kennedy, for instance, each granted more than 40 percent of all clemency requests.• The dead policeman's daughter has begged for clemency.• In denying him clemency last Friday, Gov.• His clemency had earned him the regard of the West and would, surely, last until Twelfth Night.• She would have remained in prison until at least 2000 without the clemency. grant/give somebody clemency• Ms. Aris was granted clemency after serving 10 years for killing her abusive husband. |
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