| 1. | It was frequently required before execution .
它经常在行刑前使用。 |
| 2. | Desertion from the army is punishable by death .
开小差可处死刑。 |
| 3. | A clement judge reduced his sentence .
一位仁慈的法官为他减了刑。 |
| 4. | Judges meet regularly to compare sentences .
法官们定期开会，比较课刑情况。 |
| 5. | Then three were tied to the pillar for execution .
接着有三个人被捆在刑柱上准备行刑。 |
| 6. | He is going to scalp me or burn me at the stake .
他要剥掉我的头皮或是在火刑柱上烧我。 |
| 7. | He was executed with fire .
他被处以火刑。 |
| 8. | You would certainly have been burned, had you lived a few centuries ago .
你要是活在几世纪以前，一定会被用火刑烧死的。 |
| 9. | She would be saved from burning only to be condemned to perpetual imprisonment .
她被免于火刑后得到的只是终生监禁的判决。 |
| 10. | The only dilemma is to find the most ingenious and cruel methods of execution .
唯一伤脑筋的问题就是要找到最别出心裁，残酷折磨的处死刑方法。 |
