He surrendered at the police station hoping to receive lenient treatment from the government. 他去公安局出首,以求得政府的寬大處理。
At first it seemed that the judge was going to be lenient, but then something happened and he threw the book at him. 起初法官似乎有意寬大處理,但由於發生了某些情況,對他判處了最重的刑罰。