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conviction

美音:[kən´vıkʃən ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.深信,确信,定罪,宣告有罪

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acquittal    

conviction


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n
1 ~ (for sth)
(a) [U] the convicting of a person for a crime 定罪; 科刑
*an offence which carries, on conviction, a sentence of not more than five years' imprisonment 定罪後可判处五年以下监禁的罪行.
(b) [C] instance of this 定罪
*She has six convictions for theft. 她有六次因盗窃而被判刑.
2 [U, C] ~ (that...) firm opinion or belief 坚定的看法或信仰
*It's my conviction (ie I firmly believe) that complacency is at the root of our troubles. 我深信自满情绪是我们各种问题的根源.
* Do you always act in accordance with your convictions? 你是否一贯地本着你的信念行事?
3 [U] believable quality 可信性
*She'd made such promises before, and they lacked conviction/didn't carry much conviction. 她以前也作过这样的许诺, 但都不足信.
4 (idm 习语) be open to conviction => open1. have/lack the courage of one's convictions => courage.

conviction


n
[C]
a very strong belief or opinion
religious/political etc convictions
 a woman of strong political convictions
deep/strong conviction
 The Dotens have a deep conviction that marriage is for life.
conviction that
 The students possess the conviction that they can make a difference to their community.
[U]
the feeling of being sure about something and having no doubts
with/without conviction
 He was able to say with conviction that he had changed.
 'No,' she said, without conviction.
 It was a reasonable explanation, but his voice lacked conviction .
 It took her so much effort to speak that what she said carried great conviction (=showed she felt sure of what she said) .
[U and C]
a decision in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime, or the process of proving that someone is guilty
acquittal
 They had no previous convictions.
 Applicants are checked for criminal convictions.
conviction for
 This was her third conviction for theft.
 the trial and conviction of Jimmy Malone
have the courage of your convictionsatcourage
1. The conviction of the accused man surprised us.
    被告人的定罪使我们惊讶。

2. If we can not, then it is a conviction against our educational system — kindergarten, elementary, secondary and higher.
    如果我们做不到这一点,那就是不相信我们从幼儿园、小学、中学直到大学的整个教育制度。

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