Felony
['felənɪ] or ['fɛləni]
解释:
(n.) An act on the part of the vassal which cost him his fee by forfeiture.
(n.) An offense which occasions a total forfeiture either lands or goods, or both, at the common law, and to which capital or other punishment may be added, according to the degree of guilt.
(n.) A heinous crime; especially, a crime punishable by death or imprisonment.
杰西卡校对
同义词及近义词:
n. Crime (punishable by death or by imprisonment), high crime, heinous crime, gross offence.
珍妮特编辑
例句:
- To men who only aim at escaping felony, nothing short of the prisoner's dock is disgrace. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- We'll indict the blackguards for felony, and get 'em shipped off to penal settlements. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
- He's not got blood enough to go in for felony with impunity. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- I suppose that I am commuting a felony, but it is just possible that I am saving a soul. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- To have hinted that the jupon, camisole, and curl-papers were odious objects, or indeed other than quite meritorious points, would have been a felony. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- As if a man bent on felony would slam his door so as to wake a household. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Which of these was the good deed, which was the felony? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- At last, me and Compeyson was both committed for felony,--on a charge of putting stolen notes in circulation,--and there was other charges behind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- But, in any case a forced marriage is no marriage, but it is a very serious felony, as you will discover before you have finished. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- So, for mingled considerations of friendship and felony, I took a walk. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
编辑:朗达