
amnesty
词源
源自希腊语 'amnestia'(遗忘),通过拉丁语 'amnestia' 进入英语,原意为‘故意忘记罪行’以达成和解。
noun
❶ 指政府对特定罪行或违法行为的官方赦免,通常用于政治犯或特定群体,旨在促进和解或结束冲突。
“The government declared an amnesty for all political prisoners.”
(政府宣布对所有政治犯实行大赦。)
“The amnesty allowed thousands of undocumented immigrants to legalize their status.”
(这次赦免使数千名无证移民得以合法化身份。)
verb
❶ 通过官方决定赦免某人的罪行或免除惩罚,常用于政治或法律语境。
“The president amnestied all prisoners convicted of minor drug offenses.”
(总统赦免了所有因轻微毒品犯罪被定罪的囚犯。)
“The new law will amnesty those who fled the country during the war.”
(新法律将赦免战争期间逃离该国的人。)
常见短语
general amnesty — 全面赦免,通常指对某一类犯罪或特定群体的广泛赦免,常用于结束冲突或政治变革时期。
“After the civil war, a general amnesty was declared to promote national unity.”
(内战结束后,宣布全面大赦以促进国家团结。)
tax amnesty — 税务赦免,允许欠税者在特定期限内补缴税款而免除罚款或法律追究。
“The government introduced a tax amnesty to recover unpaid taxes.”
(政府推出税务赦免计划以追回未缴税款。)