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punishment n.惩罚 (1) 他已受到应得的惩罚。(2) 惩罚对他没有什么效果。 When someone is officially penalized for a mistake or a crime, that's punishment. Stealing a car could result in a punishment involving jail, while pinching your little sister might mean a punishment as mild as sitting in a chair and thinking about ways to be nicer next time. The Latin root of punishment and its related verb, punish, is punire, "punish, correct, take vengeance for, or cause pain for some offense."

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英 ['pʌnɪʃmənt] 美 ['pʌnɪʃmənt] (1) He has received a just punishment.(2) Punishment had very little effect on him. Punishment is the penalty you have to pay when you're caught doing something bad. A teenager's punishment for missing her curfew might be helping her dad clean the garage. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]处罚；惩罚 Punishment is the act of punishing someone or of being punished. ...a group which campaigns against the physical punishment of children...一个反对体罚儿童的团体I have no doubt that the man is guilty and that he deserves punishment.我毫不怀疑此人是罪有应得。2[N-VAR 可变名词]处罚（或惩罚）方式 A punishment is a particular way of punishing someone. The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption...政府提议对已被定罪的贪污腐败官员实施更为严厉的惩罚。The usual punishment is a fine.通常处以罚款。3[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]粗暴对待；虐待；糟蹋 You can use punishment to refer to severe physical treatment of any kind. Don't expect these types of boot to take the punishment that gardening will give them.不要指望能穿着这类靴子去干园艺活儿，它们没那么耐穿耐磨。4See also:capital punishment；corporal punishment；

英语单词	punishment
英美音标	英 ['pʌnɪʃmənt] 美 ['pʌnɪʃmənt]
中文释义	n.惩罚
英语例句	(1) He has received a just punishment. (2) Punishment had very little effect on him.
中文例句	(1) 他已受到应得的惩罚。 (2) 惩罚对他没有什么效果。
vocabulary简明	Punishment is the penalty you have to pay when you're caught doing something bad. A teenager's punishment for missing her curfew might be helping her dad clean the garage.
vocabulary扩展	When someone is officially penalized for a mistake or a crime, that's punishment. Stealing a car could result in a punishment involving jail, while pinching your little sister might mean a punishment as mild as sitting in a chair and thinking about ways to be nicer next time. The Latin root of punishment and its related verb, punish, is punire, "punish, correct, take vengeance for, or cause pain for some offense."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]处罚；惩罚 Punishment is the act of punishing someone or of being punished. ...a group which campaigns against the physical punishment of children... 一个反对体罚儿童的团体 I have no doubt that the man is guilty and that he deserves punishment. 我毫不怀疑此人是罪有应得。 2 [N-VAR 可变名词]处罚（或惩罚）方式 A punishment is a particular way of punishing someone. The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption... 政府提议对已被定罪的贪污腐败官员实施更为严厉的惩罚。 The usual punishment is a fine. 通常处以罚款。 3 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]粗暴对待；虐待；糟蹋 You can use punishment to refer to severe physical treatment of any kind. Don't expect these types of boot to take the punishment that gardening will give them. 不要指望能穿着这类靴子去干园艺活儿，它们没那么耐穿耐磨。 4 See also:capital punishment ；corporal punishment ；

Punishment N Uncount 不可数名词 Punishing Physical 英 Pʌnɪʃmənt] 美 Pʌnɪʃmənt