n (1)句(子)(group of words that forms a statement，command，exclamation，or question，usu contains a subject and a verb，and (in writing) begins with a capital letter and ends with a mark)[C](gram)：“Birds sing” is a declarative～.“鳥兒啼鳴”是陳述句。
(2)判決，宣判(penalty，punishment given by a court)[C，U]：get a heavy/light～被判以重/輕刑;a life～無期徒刑;carry a prison～獄中服刑;serve a 10-year～服10年徒刑;be under the～of death被判死刑;give/pass/pronounce～(on sb)宣判(某人)有罪;face a～of four years in prison/four years imprisonment 面臨判四年監(jiān)禁;
vt(1)宣判，判決(pass sentence upon)[T+n，T+n+prep(to)，C+n+to-inf]：be～d to death被判死刑;be～d to thirty days/hard labour/two years in prison被判30天監(jiān)禁/服苦役/兩年監(jiān)禁;The judge～d him to one year's imprisonment.法官判他入獄一年。Are they going to be～d to a life time of unemployment?(fig)難道他們將遭到終身失業(yè)的待遇嗎?