| 单词 | penal |
| 释义 | penal adj. 1. a of or concerning punishment or its infliction (penal laws; a penal sentence; a penal colony). b (of an offence) punishable, esp. by law. 2. extremely severe (penal taxation). Phrases and idioms penal servitude hist. imprisonment with compulsory labour. Derivatives penally adv. Etymology: ME f. OF penal or L poenalis f. poena PAIN |
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