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execution ♦︎ the death penalty ♦︎ capital punishment ♦︎ hanging ♦︎ firing squad ♦︎ the electric chair ♦︎ the chair ♦︎ gallows ♦︎ scaffoldThese are all words for the act of killing a person as a legal punishment, or of ways of doing this. 這些詞均表示處決或處決方式。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a public / mass execution / hanging◆to attend / watch / witness an execution / a hanging◆to face execution / the death penalty / the firing squad / the electric chair / the chair◆to send sb to the electric chair / gallows / scaffold◆to abolish / bring back the death penalty / capital punishment / hanging / the electric chair■ execution [uncountable, countable] the act of killing sb, especially as a legal punishment 處決◆She faced execution by hanging for murder.她因謀殺要以絞刑處死。◆Over 200 executions were carried out last year.去年執行了200多起死刑。   see also execute ⇨ kill ■ the death penalty ˈdeθ penəlti [singular] the punishment of being killed that is used in some countries for very serious crimes 死刑；極刑◆She spent many years campaigning for the abolition of the death penalty.她多年來一直奔走努力，要求廢除死刑。◆This is a crime which carries the death penalty.這種罪行要處死刑的。■ ˌcapital ˈpunishment [uncountable] punishment by death 死刑；極刑◆Public opinion was in favour of bringing back capital punishment.公衆贊成重新啓用死刑。NOTE 辨析 The death penalty or capital punishment?Both these terms can be used when you are talking about the existence of this type of punishment in a country's legal system. If you are talking about a particular instance of punishment by death, you should use the death penalty. 這兩種表達皆可指一國司法體系中的死刑刑罰。但指某一具體死刑案例要用the death penalty◆He faces the death penalty for his crimes.他將因所犯下的罪行被處死。◆He faces capital punishment for his crimes. ■ hanging [uncountable, countable] the practice of killing sb as a punishment by putting a rope around their neck and hanging them from a high place; an occasion when this happens 絞死；絞刑◆She was sentenced to death by hanging.她被判以絞刑處死。◆Attending public hangings was a popular pastime.過去觀看公開執行絞刑是一種大衆喜歡的消遣活動。■ firing squad ˈfaɪərɪŋ skwɒd; NAmE skwɑːd [countable + singular or plural verb, uncountable] a group of soldiers who are ordered to shoot and kill sb who is found guilty of a crime （槍決）行刑隊◆She was executed by (a) firing squad.她被行刑隊執行了槍決。■ the eˌlectric ˈchair [singular](especially in the US) a chair in which criminals are killed by passing a powerful electric current through their bodies; the method of execution which uses this chair （尤指美國處決犯人的）電椅，電刑◆He was sent to the electric chair.他被送上電椅處決。◆They face death by the electric chair.他們要被電刑處死。■ the chair [singular] (NAmE, informal) the electric chair 電椅；電刑◆I can't sit here and see an innocent man get the chair.我不能袖手旁觀一名無辜的人受電刑。■ gallows ˈgæləʊz; NAmE ˈgæloʊz [countable] a structure on which criminals are killed by hanging 絞刑架；絞台◆It was common to send a man to the gallows (= to send him to his death by hanging) for such crimes.在過去犯下這樣的罪行通常要被送上絞刑架。■ scaffold ˈskæfəʊld; NAmE ˈskæfoʊld [countable] a platform used when executing criminals by cutting off their heads or hanging them from a rope 斷頭台；絞刑架◆He knew he was destined to die on the scaffold.他知道自己注定要被送上斷頭台。

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