convict

柯林斯詞典

動詞讀作k?n?v?kt。名詞讀作?k?nv?kt。

1. V-T If someone is convicted of a crime, they are found guilty of that crime in a court of law. 証明…有罪
In 1977 he was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. 在1977年，他因謀殺被判処終生監(jiān)禁。
There was insufficient evidence to convict him. 沒有足夠的証據(jù)証明他有罪。
2. N-COUNT A convict is someone who is in prison. 囚犯[journalism]
...Neil Jordan's tale of two escaped convicts who get mistaken for priests. …尼爾·喬丹的兩個越獄囚犯被誤認爲是牧師的故事。

It was thought that he'd committed the crime but there wasn't sufficient evidence to convict him.
She was convicted of murdering her drunken and allegedly violent husband .
He was convicted of felony .
An Italian court convicted him in absentia for his terrorist activities .
If convicted, she could be jailed for five years for living off immoral earnings .