名詞 life imprisonment:

1. a sentence of imprisonment until death

1. Life imprisonment is a term of many years, but not necessarily for the rest of the prisoner's life.
   長期監(jiān)禁的刑期為很多年，但不一定是監(jiān)禁到囚犯有生之年的終結(jié)。
2. French army officer of Jewish descent who was convicted of treason(1894), sentenced to life imprisonment, and ultimately acquitted when the evidence against him was shown to have been forged by anti-Semites.
   德雷福斯，艾爾弗雷德1859－1935猶太裔法國軍官，被以叛國罪判終身監(jiān)禁，但最后被無罪釋放，因為證明他有罪的證據(jù)被發(fā)現(xiàn)是反猶太分子偽造的
3. He appealed for (a) commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment.
   他已上訴請求將死刑減為無期徒刑。