名词解释：死刑，也称为极刑、处决，世界上最古老的刑罚之一，指行刑者基于法律所赋予的权力，结束一个犯人的生命。遭受这种剥夺生命的刑罚方法的有关犯人通常都在当地犯了严重罪行。尽管这“严重罪行”的定义时常有争议，但在现时保有死刑的国家中，一般来说，“蓄意杀人”必然是犯人被判死刑的其中一个重要理由。你知道用英语怎么表达吗

A high-profile murder came to a close on Tuesday morning when Yao Jiaxin, a university student who stabbed a young mother to death to cover up a hit-and-run, was executed in Xi'an, the capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, on Tuesday.

The Xi'an Intermediate People's Court handed him a death sentence for intentional killing on April 22, and his appeal of the sentence was rejected by the Shaanxi Provincial Higher People's Court on May 20.

The Supreme People's Court (SPC), which reviews every death sentence before execution, approved the capital punishment.

周二，某音乐学院的学生药家鑫在陕西西安被执行了死刑，这场备受关注的撞人逃逸杀人案终于尘埃落定。

4月22日，西安中级人民法院以故意杀人罪判处其死刑，5月20日，陕西高级人民法院裁定驳回了上诉。

最高人民法院经过严格的死刑复核程序，维持死刑原判。

【讲解】

文中的“death sentence”就是“死刑”的意思，“capital punishment”也表达同样的意思。文中的“hit-and-run”是指“肇事后逃逸”，“intentional killing ”是“故意杀人”，“killing in the heat of passion”是指“ 激情杀人”，“stabbed sb. to death ”是指“ 捅死某人”。