許多國家已經廢除了死刑。

Many countries have abolished capital punishment.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 許多 xǔduō
  1. many
  2. a lot of
  3. much
2 國家 guójiā country; nation; state

classifier: 個
3 已經 yǐjīng already
4 廢除 fèichú
  1. to abolish
  2. to abrogate
  3. to repeal
=5 了 le
  1. (completed action marker)
  2. (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
  3. (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. to finish
  2. (used with 得 dé or 不 bù after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 wàngbuliǎo "cannot forget")
  3. (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無 wú or 不 bù) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least
  4. to understand clearly (variant of 瞭 liǎo)
=5 了 liǎo
  1. (of eyes) bright
  2. clear-sighted
  3. to understand clearly
=5 了 liào unofficial variant of 瞭 liào
6 死刑 sǐxíng death penalty; capital punishment