serve time

Here you have nothing to do but to serve time.

在这儿,你除了服刑什么都干不了.

A sentence to serve time in prison. He has done five years in the jail.

他已在这所监狱里服刑五年。他被判有罪，被送往监狱服无期徒刑。

I don't suppose you'd serve time for this, but let's avoid the court case.

虽然我认为你不会因此受刑，不过上庭还是能免则免吧。

However, in Spain it is customary that those sentenced to under two years for non-violent crimes do not serve time in jail.

然而，依据西班牙的惯例，非暴力犯罪且监禁期不足两年的人不必入狱服刑。

When shoplifters are caught, I wonder if they serve time.

不知窃贼被抓到后是否要坐牢?

Violators would no longer serve time in jail and would no longer be barred from running for political office.

新法将规定，触犯这项条例者不必入狱服刑，并且不再被禁止竞选公职。