cruel punishment

The District Court of Appeals recently ruled that homework is officially cruel and unusual punishment.

地方法院最近裁定家庭作业是官方的不人道和非常规的惩罚措施。

Splitting the roles is no panacea, but as long as the boss thinks of it as cruel and unusual punishment, directors will have an excuse to leave a vital tool of good governance in its box.

分离这两个职位并非万灵药，但只要CEO认为分离是一个无情且非同寻常的惩罚措施，董事们就有理由暂不启用这个通往良好治理的关键工具。

The Amendment prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment".

该修正案禁止“残酷的非同一般的惩罚”。

US District Judge Lawrence Karlton ruled the California prison system's use of force policies violated the constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment.

美国地区法官劳伦斯·卡尔顿裁定，加州监狱系统的暴力政策违反了宪法所赋予的不得施加残酷和异常刑罚的权力。

Thir absolute compliance with the Confucian value system and utter fear of the strict legal and cruel punishment eventually resulted in their feelings of respect for and fear of the law and of abiding by the law.

对儒家价值体系的绝对遵从和对严法酷刑的彻底惧怕，使他们的作品最终传递出惧法、重法和守法的理念。

The death penalty , either by its absoluteness or comparativeness, is certainly a cruel punishment.

无论从绝对性还是相对性标准看,死刑都是一种残酷的刑罚.

He saddled Mutz, promising to mete out cruel punishment to the thief.

他跨上马,保证要狠狠地治那个贼子.

It'seemed an especially cruel punishment considering music had been our deepest connection.

想到音乐曾经是我们内心最深处的交流,这就像是一种极其残酷的惩罚.

I had heard the word before, and knew it meant a cruel punishment often used by pirates － leaving a man alone on some distant, empty island.

我听说过这个词，知道是海盗们使用的一种残酷的惩罚手段—受罚者被放逐到一个遥远的荒岛上。

Focus ( 1): Whether the death penalty is barbaric and cruel punishment.

焦点（一）：死刑是否是野蛮、残忍之刑。

abolishing this cruel punishment still has a long way to go.

彻底废除刑讯逼供制度，还需要一个漫长的过程。

the human rights organisation amnesty international condemned the sentence, describing flogging as a cruel punishment.

对于加斯塔尼亚被判鞭刑，国际特赦组织表示谴责，认为这一惩罚很残酷。