cruel and unusual punishment
释义
残酷惩罚
残酷和非常的刑罚
例句
1·The imperial family's treatment would anywhere else count as cruel and unusual punishment .
皇家的待遇同别处相比可谓是残酷和非比寻常的惩罚。
2·The District Court of Appeals recently ruled that homework is officially cruel and unusual punishment .
地方法院最近裁定家庭作业是官方的不人道和非常规的惩罚措施。
3·The execution was delayed while Kemmler's case was appealed on the grounds that it violated the Eighth Amendment restriction against cruel and unusual punishment .
然而，由于凯姆勒的案件违背第八修正案对酷刑和罕有刑罚的限制，凯姆勒提出上诉，处决被推迟。
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