周四，最高法院稱，在全國開展的食品安全整頓活動中，有700多人被判刑，但其中并無政府官員。
專家稱，新刑法規(guī)定，如果政府官員對生產銷售問題食品的行為睜一只眼閉一只眼的話，也將面臨刑事處罰。不過這一規(guī)定的貫徹執(zhí)行還需要一定的時間。

請看相關英文報道：
More than 700 people have been sentenced amid a nationwide food safety campaign, the top court said on Thursday, but none of them were officials.
Experts said the new Criminal Law - which subjects officials to criminal penalties if they turn a blind eye to the production and distribution of unsafe food - still needs time to be implemented.

【解析】

報道中的"sentence"作動詞的時候就是“判刑”的意思。此外，我們還可以用"condemn"表示這個意思。并且這兩個詞都可以用"sentence/condemn?somebody to something" 的模式，意思是“判處某人以某刑”。

例句：

The humbug was sentenced to three years' imprisonment.
那個騙子被判了三年徒刑。

The assassin was condemned to death.
該刺客被判死刑。

It is unlawful to condemn a man without a hearing.
沒有進行審問就給人判刑是違法的。

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