| 单词 | penal |
| 释义 | penal —penality /pi nal"i tee/, n. —penally, adv. /peen"l/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or involving punishment, as for crimes or offenses. 2. prescribing punishment: penal laws. 3. constituting punishment: He survived the years of penal hardship. 4. used as a place of confinement and punishment: a penal colony. 5. subject to or incurring punishment: a penal offense. 6. payable or forfeitable as a penalty: a penal sum. [1400-50; late ME < L poenalis, equiv. to poen(a) penalty ( < Gk poiné fine) + -alis -AL1] |
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