（法官）宣布判决，宣判
(of a judge) to say officially what a punishment will be
pronounce sentence on The judge will pronounce sentence on the defendant this afternoon. 今天下午法官将对被告作出宣判。
In pronouncing sentence, she took into consideration that he had no prior criminal record.
The judge noted Green's many prior convictions and his lack of remorse when pronouncing sentence.
They had come to hear him pronounce sentence on the man charged with killing their mother.
The judge proceeded to pronounce sentence.
See also: sentence noun (PUNISHMENT)