绞刑

The murderer was sent to the gallows.

那个杀人犯被处绞。

The murderer was sent to the gallows for his crimes.

谋杀犯由于罪大恶极被处以绞。

Hangings took place outside the prison as a public spectacle.

狱外执行绞是为了示众。

We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet.

我们路过一具悬绞架上土匪干尸。

He was hanged for his crimes.

他因犯罪而被处绞。

Hanging is an atrociously archaic way of killing a human being and the self - satisfied modernity of the electric chair is just as atrocious.

绞是一种不再使用杀人方法，而人们自鸣得意现代电椅同样是酷。