Felony
['felənɪ] or ['fɛləni]
解釋/意思:
(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.
杰西卡校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Crime (punishable by death or by imprisonment), high crime, heinous crime, gross offence.
珍妮特編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- To men who only aim at escaping felony, nothing short of the prisoner's dock is disgrace. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- We'll indict the blackguards for felony, and get 'em shipped off to penal settlements. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- He's not got blood enough to go in for felony with impunity. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- I suppose that I am commuting a felony, but it is just possible that I am saving a soul. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- 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. 雪麗.
- As if a man bent on felony would slam his door so as to wake a household. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Which of these was the good deed, which was the felony? 沃爾特·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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- 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. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- So, for mingled considerations of friendship and felony, I took a walk. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
編輯:朗达