| 单词 | punish |
| 释义 | punish (once / 78 pages) v To punish is to discipline or penalize someone because they've done something wrong. If you stole the cookie from the cookie jar, someone may have to punish you. Not you? Then who? A judge will often punish a guilty defendant with community service or parole — or sometimes even with time spent in prison, if the crime is serious enough. You probably punish your puppy for chewing your shoes simply with a firm "No!" Sometimes people are punished unfairly, like how higher gas prices punish the people who can already barely afford to drive to their jobs. WORD FAMILYpunish: punishable, punished, punishes, punishing, punishment+/punishable: punishably/punished: unpunished/punishing: punishingly/punishment: punishments, self-punishment USAGE EXAMPLES"At 2-2 I just started to drop and got punished." Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) But voters brutally punished Mr Clegg for his gamble. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) It's just one incident, but it supports Rohingya claims that they are being abused and collectively punished by the military. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) v impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again Syn|Hypo penalise, penalize, sanction avenge, retaliate, revenge take revenge for a perceived wrong tar-and-feathersmear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment execute, put to deathkill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment pillorypunish by putting in a pillory castigateinflict severe punishment on amercepunish with an arbitrary penalty victimise, victimizepunish unjustly scourgepunish severely; excoriate correct, discipline, sort outpunish in order to gain control or enforce obedience get back, get eventake revenge or even out a score crucifykill by nailing onto a cross burnburn at the stake hang, string upkill by hanging |
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