life imprisonment

名词 life imprisonment:

1. a sentence of imprisonment until death

1. Life imprisonment is a term of many years, but not necessarily for the rest of the prisoner's life.
   长期监禁的刑期为很多年，但不一定是监禁到囚犯有生之年的终结。
2. French army officer of Jewish descent who was convicted of treason(1894), sentenced to life imprisonment, and ultimately acquitted when the evidence against him was shown to have been forged by anti-Semites.
   德雷福斯，艾尔弗雷德1859－1935犹太裔法国军官，被以叛国罪判终身监禁，但最后被无罪释放，因为证明他有罪的证据被发现是反犹太分子伪造的
3. He appealed for (a) commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment.
   他已上诉请求将死刑减为无期徒刑。