sentence--句子的意思，其实一个单词的词义远远不止这么简单。本文我们要给大家重点详细分析一下sentence这个托福词汇，了解它的词义和用法，帮助大家的掌握它。下面就让我们跟着北京新航道托福频道的小编们去看一看吧。

　　1)n

　　[C] (grammar) largest unit of grammar, usu containing a subject, a verb, an object, etc and expressing a statement, question or command 句子; 句.

　　[C, U] (law 律) (statement of the) punishment given by a lawcourt 判决; 宣判; 判刑: The judge passed/pronounced sentence (on the prisoner), ie said what his punishment would be. 法官宣布了(对犯人的)判决.

　　例：She has served her sentence, and will nowbe released. 她已服刑期满, 现即将获释.

　　例：under sentence of death, ie to be officially killed as a punishment 判处死刑，来源：北京新航道托福考试频道

　　例：a sentence of ten years' imprisonment 十年监禁之刑.

　　2)sentence v [Tn, Tn.pr, Dn.t]

　　~ sb (to sth) state that sb is to have a certain punishment 判决; 宣判: sentence a thief to six months' imprisonment 判处窃贼六个月监禁

　　例：He has been sentenced to pay a fine of 1000. 他被判罚款1000英镑.

　　例：(fig 比喻) a crippling disease which sentenced him to a lifetime in a wheelchair 把他终生束缚在轮椅上的残疾.

　　上面sentence这个单词我们介绍完了，同学们要记住它的词义和用法，增加自己的词汇。托福词汇量的增加是要不断积累的，极少才能成多。望各位考生加油!

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