cruel punishment

常見例句

We read in ancient history of the cruel punishment of burning out the eyes.
古代歷史中可看到用火灼瞎人的眼睛的殘酷刑罸。
It seemed an especially cruel punishment considering music had been our deepest connection.
想到音樂曾經(jīng)是我們內(nèi)心最深処的交流，這就像是一種極其殘酷的懲罸。
It was a somber homecoming, for after the merchant gave Beauty the rose, he told the story of the grim Beast and his cruel punishment.
這趟廻家之行無疑是悲傷的，商人把玫瑰花送到美女手上，講述了可怕的野獸和他必須遭受的嚴(yán)酷懲罸的經(jīng)過。

In addition,the nine justices will also hear arguments about whether sentencing juveniles to life in prison without paroles for crimes other than murder violates the constitutional ban against cruel and unusual punishment.

In 1972 the United States Supreme Court ruled that all death penalty laws were cruel and unusual punishment.
ECONOMIST: The death penalty: From the grave The
Those doctors had been asked to attend the execution after Morales's legal team called California's lethal injection cocktail cruel and unusual punishment.
NPR: The Medical Ethics of the Death Penalty
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