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Penalty Pay N Count 可数名词 Punishment Hockey   [Usu Sing

英语单词 penalty
英美音标 ['penəlti]
中文释义 n.处罚,罚款
vocab简明 A penalty is a punishment or consequence for doing something wrong, such as having to pay a fee for not bringing your library book back when it was due.
vocab扩展 In hockey, players who break the rules have to sit in "the penalty box." Just like the penalty box punishes hockey players, all penalties are punishments for doing something wrong. Going to prison is the penalty for serious crimes. Detention is the penalty for misbehaving in school. Often, penalty applies to payments people have to make for breaking a financial contract of some kind.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]刑罚;处罚;惩罚 A penalty is a punishment that someone is given for doing something which is against a law or rule.
  [usu sing]
  • One of those arrested could face the death penalty...

    被捕的那些人中有一人可能被判死刑。

  • The maximum penalty is up to 7 years imprisonment or an unlimited fine.

    最高处罚是最多7年监禁或者无上限罚款。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]罚球;点球 In sports such as football, rugby, and hockey, a penalty is an opportunity to score a goal, which is given to the attacking team if the defending team breaks a rule near their own goal.
  • Referee Michael Reed had no hesitation in awarding a penalty...

    裁判迈克尔·里德毫不犹豫地判了点球。

  • Jonathan Davies scored a penalty goal.

    乔纳森·戴维斯点球得分。

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]惩罚;报应;不利后果 The penalty that you pay for something you have done is something unpleasant that you experience as a result.
  [usu the N in sing]
  • Why should I pay the penalty for somebody else's mistake?...

    为什么我要代人受过?

  • It's a penalty of us being girls — sons have an easy time.

    这是我们身为女孩的弊端——男孩子们过得轻松。

来源 2007.4

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