They keep the society peaceful by setting up courts to sentence the criminals to some kinds of punishments.

他们通过设立法庭对罪犯进行判刑，由此来维护社会和平。

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Pay attention to sentence structure.

注意句型结构。

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He advised the judge not to sentence the prisoner to death.

他建议法官不要判处这个囚犯死刑。

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A week later, he pleaded guilty to a charge of leaving an accident and was given a two-month suspended sentence.

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There has to be a sense, moving from sentence to sentence, that something is likely to happen next.

必须有一种感觉，从一句话到另一句话，认为接下来会发生什么。

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It's usually best to respond in a complete sentence rather than saying yes or no which can be ambiguous.

一般来说，回答最好是完整的句子，而不是简单的模棱两可的“是”或“不是”。

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Prosecutors have asked the judge to sentence him to more than three years in prison.

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Pauley cautioned both sides that he was not bound to sentence according to the terms of their deal.

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