01.
sentence /ˈsentəns/
n./ v. 宣判，判决
📝讲解：
我们用的较多的意思，是作为名词，表示句子，but in a law court, a sentence is the punishment that a person receives after they have been found guilty of a crime.
在法庭上，sentence 作为名词有刑罚的意思，比如死刑 death sentence，无期徒刑 life sentence，缓刑 suspension of sentence，suspension, 推迟，延缓，延期。在这个句子中 sentence 作为动词， means to give sb a punishment 也就是“判决、宣判、判刑”。
📍例句：
Canadian pop star Kris Wu
sentenced
to 13 years in jail for rape in China.
加拿大明星吴亦凡因强奸罪在中国被
判
入狱13年。
02.
imprisonment /ɪmˈprɪzənmənt/
n. 刑罚，监禁
📝讲解：
这个词看上去很长，其实很好记忆，前缀是 im, 和 in 一样，都有进入的意思，prison，监狱的意思，后面再加上一个名词后缀 ment, imprisonment，就是坐牢，进监狱的意思。无期徒刑也可以用这个单词表达，life imprisonment.
📍例句：
Wu was sentenced to '11 years and six months of
imprisonment
for rape', the court in Beijing's Chaoyang district said.
北京朝阳区法院表示，吴某“因强奸罪被
判处
有期徒刑11年零6个月”
03.
rape /reɪp/
n./ v. 强奸
📝讲解：
这个词既可以做名词，也可以做动词，都是强奸，也有掠夺，抢夺的意思。
📍例句：
He
raped
three women in November and December 2020，what a scum!
他在2020年的11月和12月一共
强奸
了3名女性，真的是人渣！
04.
district /ˈdɪstrɪkt/
n. 区域
📝讲解：
这个词在日常生活口语中很实用，我们经常提到的我们居住在某个城市的某个区，就可以用这个来表达，比如说朝阳区就是 Chaoyang district.
📍例句：
We live in Changsha's Yuhua
district
.
我们住在长沙雨花
区
。
05.
gather people to commit adultery
/əˈdʌltəri/ 聚众淫乱
📝讲解：
adultery 是通奸的意思，英文的释义是 sex between someone who is married and someone who is not their wife or husband，也就是和不是自己妻子丈夫的其他人发生性关系，gather people to commit adultery 就是聚众淫乱的意思, 还可以表达为 group licentiousnes
s or group sex.
📍例句：
Adding he ‘was also sentenced to imprisonment of one year and ten months for crime of
gathering people to commit adultery
’ and will serve a 13-year term before deported.
宣判还补充说道，他还因“
聚众淫乱
罪被判处有期徒刑一年零十个月”，在被驱逐前将服刑十三年。
06.
deport /dɪˈpɔːt/
vt. 放逐，驱逐出境
📝讲解：
It means to make someone leave a country and return to the country they came fro
m, especially because they do not have a legal right to stay, 也就是指驱逐出境。
📍例句：
In ancient times, the convicts were
deported
to a deserted island.
古时候，罪犯犯罪了都会被
驱逐流放
到荒岛。
07.
tax evasion /ɪˈveɪʒən/
逃税漏税
📝讲解：
tax 是税的意思， evasion 逃避躲避，tax evasion 就是指逃税漏税。
📍例句：
A lot of stars lost their career because of
tax evasion
.
很多明星都因为
逃税漏税
断送了演艺事业。
