今天我們要學(xué)的詞是commute。 Commute, 有減刑的意思。"The inmate's sentence was commuted from death to life imprisonment," 意思是這名囚犯從死刑被減為無期徒刑。美國副總統(tǒng)切尼的前辦公室主任利比今年三月因?yàn)橄虼笈銓張F(tuán)做偽證被判處30個月的監(jiān)禁。
美國總統(tǒng)布什上星期宣布給利比減刑。媒體報道說,"Bush commuted Libby's 2 1/2 year prison term, calling the sentence 'excessive'," 意思是布什減輕了利比兩年半的刑期,理由是利比被判的刑期太長。好的,今天我們學(xué)習(xí)的詞是commute...