serve time (服刑时间)

Idiom Crime

含义

to spend time in prison as punishment

作为惩罚在监狱里度过时间 (zuòwéi chéngfá zài jiānyù lǐ dùguò shíjiān)

例句

"He had to serve time for his involvement in the fraud case."

"他因参与欺诈案件而被判入狱服刑。" (Tā yīn cānyù qīzhà ànjiàn ér bèi pàn rùyù fúxíng)