汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 严刑
严刑 (嚴刑)
strict law / cruel punishment / to carry out cruel law rigorously
严厉的刑法;残酷的刑罚。 谓施行严厉的刑法;用残酷的刑罚。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

这是怎么回事?严刑逼供吗?

What is this? The Spanish Inquisition?

供认是警方严刑逼供得到的.

The confession was extracted under torture by the police.

这份供词是严刑逼供得来的。

The confession was made under torture.

几名犯人则称这为严刑拷问。

The convicts call this torture.

但是后来他们遭受了杀害和严刑

But then the killing and the torture began.

瑞典人——他们废除了严刑——知道这个道理。

They have been acknowledged in Sweden, where torture has been abolished.

这些人都不服罪,称认罪是严刑逼供出来的。

All denied the charges against them and said their confessions were obtained under threat of torture.

而法院和缓刑监督官则忙得焦头烂额,处理必要的文件,驳回这类严刑的法律挑战。

Courts and probation officers were too swamped to handle the necessary paperwork and rebut the legal challenges to such harsh penalties.