【acquittal】 - A-level备考词汇

acquittal

UK:  [ə'kwɪt(ə)l]

US:  [ə'kwɪt(ə)l]

复数：acquittals  

n.

1.宣告无罪

2.宣判无罪

3.付清,还清

4.(义务的)履行

5.尽责

6.(债务的)清偿

1 . To have secured my acquittal by such means would have been a life-long torture to me.
假使通过这种手段使自己获判无罪，对于我将是永生的折磨。

2 . That bodes badly for Mr Khodorkovsky's acquittal chances in a new trial that could leave him in jail for 20 more years.
这意味着，在一场新的审判中，无罪开释霍多尔科夫斯基的概率很小，他可能还得再坐20年牢。

3 . Athena's acquittal of Orestes at the end of the play is a symbol of Athens's progression into a new era of civilization.
雅典娜的无罪奥雷斯特斯结束时的发挥是一个象征，雅典的发展进入一个新时代的文明。

4 . After his acquittal, Clarence Earl Gideon drifted from one Florida tavern to the next until January 18, 1972, when he died at the age of 6l.
在无罪获释之后，克拉伦斯•厄尔•吉迪恩从佛罗里达州的一个酒馆流浪到另一个，直到1972年1月18日，即他61岁那年去世。

5 . The judges' announcement that an earlier acquittal had been overturned was greeted by a shocked silence in the courtroom here.
法官宣布推翻之前的无罪宣判，法庭里的人群惊得鸦雀无声。