electrocution

基本解釋

When a Tennessee man chose the chair in 2007, it was the state's first electrocution in almost half a century.
儅一個田納西州的男子在2007年選擇電椅時，這是這個州幾乎半世紀以來第一起電刑。
Injections were introduced in 1978 as a supposedly more humane alternative to other forms of capital punishment—hanging, firing squad, electrocution and the gas chamber.
1978年，注射式死刑作爲一種相較於絞殺、射殺、電刑以及毒氣室等執(zhí)行死刑的手段更爲人道的選擇方案而引入美國。
Thousands of documented confessions found in the prison archives show he was the man who made prisoners talk by using means such as electrocution, waterboarding, merciless beatings and mutilations.
在監(jiān)獄檔案中發(fā)現(xiàn)的數(shù)以千計的招供文件顯示，他就是那個用包括電刑、水刑、毫不畱情的毆打和致殘等手段使犯人開口的人。

The electricity remains disconnected because of fire and electrocution risks from damaged wiring.
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