单词 | mulct |
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音标 | [mʌlkt] |
解释 | n. 罚金;v. 处以罚金;诈取,诈骗 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v.诈取, 诈骗(defraud a person of something; swindle) |
字源 | mulct (v.) late 15c., "to punish by a fine," from Middle French mulcter "to fine, punish" (15c.), from Latin mulctare, altered (Barnhart calls it "false archaism") from multare "punish, to fine," from multa "penalty, fine," perhaps from Oscan or Samnite [Klein]. Sense of "defraud" is first recorded 1748. Related: Mulcted; mulcting. |
不择手段背单词 | 无 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】音:骂扣他, (警察)骂着扣下这诈骗者,并处予罚金 |
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