极刑 (jí xíng) — capital punishment, death penalty

Definition

Examples

• 这个国家对极刑的适用范围有严格的法律限制。
  Zhè ge guó jiā duì jí xíng de shì yòng fàn wéi yǒu yán gé de fǎ lǜ xiàn zhì.
  This country has strict legal restrictions on the scope of capital punishment.
• 历史上极刑曾被广泛用于惩罚重大罪犯。
  Lì shǐ shàng jí xíng céng bèi guǎng fàn yòng yú chéng fá zhòng dà zuì fàn.
  Historically, capital punishment was widely used to punish serious criminals.
• 废除极刑已成为许多国家讨论的焦点之一。
  Fèi chú jí xíng yǐ chéng wéi xǔ duō guó jiā tǎo lùn de jiāo diǎn zhī yī.
  Abolishing the death penalty has become one of the focal points of discussion in many countries.