01.

被判死刑

be sentenced to death

• A young man who murdered his mother in 2015, a high-profile case as he was an elite student at the prestigious Peking University, was sentenced to death by a court in Fuzhou recently.

  2015年，来自著名的北京大学的一名年轻又成绩优异的学生谋杀了自己的母亲。在当时，这是一个备受关注的案件。近日， 福州的一所法院将他判了死刑。

  
  

02.

令人震惊的

appalling

outrageous 骇人听闻的

• It's appalling and outrageous.

  这件事简直是骇人听闻。

  
  

• His crime is outrageous.

  他的罪行令人发指。

  
  

03.

蓄意谋杀

homicide

• Wu Xieyu was found guilty of intentional homicide. He began plotting the murder months before the crime.

  吴谢宇被判故意杀人罪。他在作案前几个月就开始策划谋杀。

  
  

04.

动机

motive

• Do you know the motives of the homicide?

  你知道这场凶杀案的动机吗？

• The motive for the killing is unknown.

  杀人动机尚不清楚。

  
  

05.

消极的

pessimistic

weary of the world 厌世的

squander 挥霍（钱，时间等）

• Wu believed that his mother's life was meaningless and painful, and he claimed that he was "pessimistic and weary of the world," so he decided to kill her.

  吴认为他母亲是毫无意义且痛苦的，他还声称自己“悲观厌世”，所以他决定杀了她。

  
  

• He lied to relatives and borrowed 1.44 million yuan from them, subsequently squandering all of it. He also spent meticulous effort to cover up the crime and years of fleeing.

  他向亲戚们撒谎，向他们借了144万元，后来全部挥霍一空。他还不遗余力地掩盖罪行和多年的逃亡。

  
  

06.

更轻的惩罚

lenient punishment

• Wu's relatives told Beijing News that they were dissatisfied with the result, having previously said they forgave Wu and hoped for lenient punishment.

  吴某的亲属告诉《新京报》，他们对判决结果不满意，此前他们曾表示原谅了吴某，并希望得到更轻的处罚。

  
  

07.

违法

violate

trample 践踏

• The court explained that "The killing seriously violated family ethics, trampled on normal human emotions and brought a greatly negative effect to society."

  法院解释说:“这起谋杀严重违反了家庭伦理，践踏了正常的人类情感，给社会带来了极大的负面影响。”