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Penalty Latin 2697.Penalty 英 Pen(ə)Ltɪ]美 Pɛnəlti 释义 N

正面 2697.penalty
英 ['pen(ə)ltɪ]美 ['pɛnəlti]

背面
释义:
n. 罚款,罚金;处罚
例句:
1. It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty.这是间谍罪,应判死刑。

1、pen- + -al + -ty.
penalty 处罚,刑罚,罚点球来自penal,处罚的,处罚的。后用于指体育运动罚球,罚点球等。
penaltypenalty: see painpenalty (n.)mid-15c., from Middle French penalité and directly from Medieval Latin poenalitatem (nominative poenalitas), from Latin poenalis (see penal). The sporting sense is first recorded 1885. Ice hockey penalty box attested by 1931."

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