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单词 short, sharp shock
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short, sharp shock

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A brief but harsh custodial sentence intended to discourage an offender from committing further offences: the short, sharp shock didn’t affect me—I carried on stealing...
  • ‘This is a case where a short, sharp shock is all that is needed, bearing in mind his relatively young age and his background generally,’ said the spokesman.
  • A short, sharp shock is all very well, but a couple of millennia of rather extreme corporal punishments haven't exactly shown us that prison provides much by way of rehab.
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