clemency

英 [ˈklemənsi]

美 [ˈklemənsi]

n.  (对受惩罚的人表现出的)仁慈，慈悲; 宽恕; 宽容

GRE

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
  1. a plea for clemency
     乞求开恩

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• leniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justice
  1. he threw himself on the mercy of the court
  Synonym:mercifulnessmercy
• good weather with comfortable temperatures
  Synonym:mildness

双语例句

• He'll resign without a fight in exchange for clemency.
  他可能会主动辞职来换取赦免。
• Nor do its shareholders have a claim to clemency, or other official support, when their risk-taking backfires no matter who else gets lucky.
  在它们由于冒险行为自作自受时，其股东也没有权利要求仁慈或政府的其它支持不论在其他人中，谁获得了这样的好运。
• 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。
• 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；
• Perform meritorious service to atone for one's crimes so as to obtain clemency from the people.
  立功赎罪，以求得人民的宽恕。
• Should we let criminals purchase clemency?
  我们应该允许罪犯赎回仁慈吗？
• 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。
• About this man I fear to tell the truth in writing to Your Clemency, lest I may seem to the malicious to be a flatterer;
  关于这个人，我害怕在写到你的仁慈时说真话，以免我似乎是在恶意地谄媚；
• Its ex-felons have not had every right restored by Mr Crist and the clemency board.
  然而，佛罗里达已获释的重罪犯尚未完全享有克莱斯和行政赦免委员会已恢复的所有权利。
• The judge showed clemency to the prisoner.
  法官对囚犯很仁慈。