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punishment

英 ['pʌnɪʃm(ə)nt] 美['pʌnɪʃmənt]

n. 惩罚；严厉对待，虐待

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英英释义

1. the act of punishing

同义词辨析

punishment, penalty

这两个名词均含"惩罚，处罚"之意。

punishment：泛指各种惩罚，诸如法律、父母、老师以及神的惩罚等。

penalty：一般指法律上的惩罚或体育运动比赛中的处罚。

考试真题

This can result in severe penalties that continue long after punishment is completed.

In the United States, 36 states currently allow capital punishment for serious crimes such as mur der.

In fact, when you break a role or law, you lose control over your life and give others the power to impose punishment that you have no control over.

In most other countries of the world, there is no capital punishment for minors.

In the United States, 36 states currently allow capital punishment for serious crimes such as murder.

When someone commits a criminal act, we always hope the punishment will match the offense.

Physical punishment is used much less by well-educated parents.

Reinforcement occurs when we receive direct or indirect rewards or punishments for particular gender role behaviors.

Using them wrongly results in punishment.

“We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern, such as child labour, or increasing corporate giving by about 20% results in fines that generally are 40% lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials,” says one researcher.

The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep – and bone-showing.

But at least they have demonstrated that when companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them less costly punishment.

"We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern, such as child labour, or increasing corporate giving by about 20% results in fines that generally are 40% lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials," says one

The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep–and bone-showing.

实用场景例句

to inflict/impose/mete out punishment: 予以惩罚

What is the punishment for murder?: 谋杀应处以什么刑罚？

There is little evidence that harsher punishments deter any better than more lenient ones.: 甚少证据显示严惩比宽大更能遏止犯罪。

The punishment should fit the crime.: 罚宜当罪。

He was sent to his room as a punishment .: 他被罚回到他的房间。

The carpet by the door takes the most punishment.: 门边的地毯磨损得最厉害。

...a group which campaigns against the physical punishment of children...: 一个反对体罚儿童的团体

I have no doubt that the man is guilty and that he deserves punishment.: 我毫不怀疑此人是罪有应得。

The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption...: 政府提议对已被定罪的贪污腐败官员实施更为严厉的惩罚。

The usual punishment is a fine.: 通常处以罚款。

Don't expect these types of boot to take the punishment that gardening will give them.: 不要指望能穿着这类靴子去干园艺活儿，它们没那么耐穿耐磨。

In the Middle Ages, a favourite punishment was to gouge out a prisoner's eyes.: 在中世纪, 惩罚犯人最常用的办法是剜眼睛.

What punishment do you think you deserve?: 该当何罪?

The murderer attempted to escape from law punishment by spoiling his own face.: 那个杀人犯企图自毁容貌以逃脱法律的惩罚.

Do you have capital punishment in your country?: 贵国有死刑吗 ?

The punishment for murder is death.: 杀人者处死刑.

Nowadays, corporal punishment is banned in many schools.: 现在许多学校禁止体罚.

Her present submission is animated solely by her fear of punishment.: 她目前的屈从完全是因为她害怕受罚.

If you do wrong, you deserve punishment.: 你如做错事, 应当受罚.

Such a savage punishment is abhorrent to a civilized society.: 这样残暴的惩罚是与文明社会相抵触的.

He was dismissed by way of disciplinary punishment.: 他被开除以示惩戒.

Because it was his first offence , the punishment wasn't too severe.: 由于他是初犯, 惩罚较轻.

Schools should not mete out physical punishment to children.: 学校不应该体罚学生.

The punishment was grossly disproportionate to the crime.: 这种惩罚与罪行极不相称.

Regarding the punishment, what would you advise?: 关于处罚, 你有何意见?

He was sentenced to capital punishment.: 他被判处死刑.

It's a question of finding the mean between too lenient treatment and too severe punishment.: 问题是要找出处理过宽和处罚过严的折中办法.

He was shielded by his mother from punishment.: 他母亲保护他,使他免受惩罚.

Would you sanction flogging as a punishment for crimes of violence?: 你赞许鞭打作为对暴力罪行的一种处罚吗 ?

English schoolmasters used to cane the boys as a punishment.: 英国小学老师过去常用教鞭打男学生作为惩罚.

助记提示

1、pun- + -ish + -ment.

双语例句

1. Punishment cannot be discussed in isolation from social theory.: 不能脱离社会理论孤立地讨论惩罚。

2. They seriously believe that capital punishment is a deterrent.: 他们真的相信死刑具有威慑作用。

3. During that time there have been repeated attempts to reintroduce capital punishment.: 在那段时期不断有人试图恢复死刑。

4. The case of Harris has sharpened the debate over capital punishment.: 哈里斯案激化了人们对死刑的争论。

5. "Make the punishment fit the crime." How neat and tidy it sounded.: “罪罚相当”，这听起来多么简洁。

英文词源

punishment (n.): late 14c., from Anglo-French punisement (late 13c.), Old French punissement, from punir (see punish). Meaning "rough handling" is from 1811.

词态变化

复数: punishments;

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