专家称，新刑法规定，如果政府官员对生产销售问题食品的行为睁一只眼闭一只眼的话，也将面临刑事处罚。不过这一规定的贯彻执行还需要一定的时间。

　　请看相关英文报道：

　　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】

　　报道中的"sentence"作动词的时候就是“判刑”的意思。此外，我们还可以用"condemn"表示这个意思。并且这两个词都可以用"sentence/condemn somebody to something" 的模式，意思是“判处某人以某刑”。

　　例句：

　　The humbug was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment.

　　那个骗子被判了三年徒刑。

　　The assassin was condemned to death.

　　该刺客被判死刑。

　　It is unlawful to condemn a man without a hearing.

　　没有进行审问就给人判刑是违法的。

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