英语词汇“penal”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	penal
释义	penal —penal /ˈpiː.nəl/ Ⅰ adjective _UK (CAUSING DISADVANTAGE) ► F0 having a harmful effect; causing disadvantage: » They complained about the penal and counter-productive tax rates.» Employees regarded the childcare charges as penal.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Dangerous and harmful Ⅱ adjective [before noun] (PUNISHMENT) ► F0 of or connected with punishment given by law: » Many people believe that execution has no place in the penal system of a civilized society.» He had been in and out of penal institutions (= prison) from the age of 16.Thesaurus⁺: ↑Punishing and punishments , ↑Punishing by causing pain , ↑Hitting and beating
随便看	there's a lot to be said for there's a time and a place there's a time and a place (for everything) there's a time and a place for everything the reserves the Resistance there's little to be said for sth there's many a slip twixt cup and lip there's no accounting for taste there's no danger of that! there's no denying there's no escaping the fact there's no help for it there's no knowing there's no knowing/telling/saying there's none so deaf as those who will not hear there's no rest for the wicked there's no smoke without fire there's no such thing as a free lunch there's no such thing as bad publicity there's no such thing/person there's no such thing/person (as) there's no such thing/person as there's nothing in sth there's no time like the present

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