sentencing:指法院对被告作出判决并确定刑罚的过程(如判处监禁、罚金、缓刑等)。在新闻与法律语境中很常见。(也可泛指“宣判/量刑”这一程序性环节。)
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The judge postponed the sentencing until next week.
法官将量刑(宣判)推迟到下周。
After the trial, the sentencing hearing considered the defendant’s past and the harm to the victims before the final punishment was decided.
审判结束后,量刑听证会在决定最终刑罚前,会综合考虑被告的过往情况以及对受害者造成的伤害。
sentencing 来自动词 sentence(“宣判;判刑”),其更早源于拉丁语 sententia,本义与“意见、判断、裁决”相关。后来在法律语境中逐渐固定为“法院作出裁决并确定刑罚”,**-ing** 形式用于表示“这一过程/行为”。