Marvo Dict en → vi · Tiếng Việt

sentence

S2 W1

in Vietnamese Câu (trong văn bản)

BrE /ˈsentəns/ AmE /ˈsɛntəns/

noun / verb en → vi

1 STATEMENT [countable] A1

Câu (trong văn bản)

a set of words that expresses a complete idea and is written or spoken as one unit, beginning with a capital letter when it starts a sentence

  • a/the + noun

Collocations sentence structure · complete sentence

  • She wrote a long sentence.

    Cô ấy đã viết một câu dài.

2 JUDGEMENT [countable] B1

Phán quyết, bản án

the punishment given to someone by a judge after they have been found guilty of a crime

  • a/the + noun

Collocations sentence someone to prison · life sentence

  • He was given a life sentence.

    Ông ta đã bị kết án tù chung thân.

3 STATE [transitive] B2

Phán quyết, tuyên án

to declare officially that someone is guilty of a crime and decide what their punishment will be

  • sentence somebody to something

Collocations sentence someone to death · sentence someone to prison

  • The judge sentenced him to five years in jail.

    Tòa án đã tuyên án ông ta năm năm tù giam.

1 STATEMENT [transitive] B1

Đưa ra một câu (trong văn bản)

to express a complete idea as one unit, beginning with a capital letter when it starts a sentence

  • sentence something

Collocations sentence a thought · sentence an idea

  • She sentenced her thoughts to paper.

    Cô ấy đã viết ra suy nghĩ của mình.