electrocution

基本解释

When a Tennessee man chose the chair in 2007, it was the state's first electrocution in almost half a century.
当一个田纳西州的男子在2007年选择电椅时，这是这个州几乎半世纪以来第一起电刑。
Injections were introduced in 1978 as a supposedly more humane alternative to other forms of capital punishment—hanging, firing squad, electrocution and the gas chamber.
1978年，注射式死刑作为一种相较于绞杀、射杀、电刑以及毒气室等执行死刑的手段更为人道的选择方案而引入美国。
Thousands of documented confessions found in the prison archives show he was the man who made prisoners talk by using means such as electrocution, waterboarding, merciless beatings and mutilations.
在监狱档案中发现的数以千计的招供文件显示，他就是那个用包括电刑、水刑、毫不留情的殴打和致残等手段使犯人开口的人。

The electricity remains disconnected because of fire and electrocution risks from damaged wiring.
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