death sentence

汉语翻译

【法】死刑判决

"He is so vile, the Ayatollah, vile to impose the death sentence, " said Koch at City Hall. "If he(Rushdie) hadn't gotten this advertising it would be on remainder, because I'm told it's such a dull book. Now he'll make multi-millions of dollars, but I hope he'll live to spend it."
"他真卑鄙，阿亚图拉真卑鄙，居然下了死刑令，"葛德华在市政府说。"如果他[拉什迪]没有这一通广告，他的书一定会滞销。我听说那本书非常枯燥。现在他会赚进数百万，不过我希望他能活着用这笔钱。"
Such a death sentence is bad law.
这样的死刑判决是违背法律的。
He appealed for (a) commutation of the death sentence to life imprisonment.
他已上诉请求将死刑减为无期徒刑。
An executioner is a person who carries out the death sentence.
刽子手是执行死刑的人。