life sentence

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He died of heart failure in 1971, while serving a life sentence.
斯坦格爾1971年死於心髒衰竭，儅時(shí)他正服無(wú)期徒刑。
Eventual retirement looms not as a release but as a daunting life sentence.
最終的退休不會(huì)是一種解脫，倒像是令人畏縮的無(wú)期徒刑判決。
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On the one hand, when we thought that BPD was a life sentence, we avoided treating patients who can in fact be helped.
一方麪，一想到BPD患者似判了無(wú)期徒刑，我們情願(yuàn)避免治療事實(shí)上可以得救的患者。

Libya has maintained that it was not responsible for the downing of Pan Am flight 103 and Megrahi, who was serving a life sentence, has maintained his innocence.
I don't want to be told that I could sit here for the rest of my life just sort of parsing one sentence. Don't tell me about that.
我可不想坐在這裡學(xué)一輩子,就爲(wèi)了解讀一個(gè)句子的意思，千萬(wàn)別這麼告訴我。
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But his mother's claim that he is a 16-year-old juvenile could pose a problem for prosecutors seeking the maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Sharif was give a life sentence for refusing to allow a plane carrying Musharraf to land.
NPR: Sharif's Return to Pakistan Poses Challenges

the punishment of being put in prison for a very long time, or, in the US, until death

If someone receives a life sentence, they are sentenced to stay in prison for the rest of their life, or for a very long period of time.