punishment

['pʌniʃmənt]

n. 惩罚

n.

1. 处罚, 惩罚; 刑罚[U][C]

My punishment for littering was several hours of picking up trash.

我因乱扔杂物而受到的处罚是捡几小时垃圾。

2. 【口】严厉对待, 虐待; 痛击[U]

A race car can withstand a great deal of punishment.

赛车非常坚固耐用。

词形变化

形容词: punishable | 名词: punishability | 动词过去式: punished | 动词过去分词: punished | 动词现在分词: punishing | 动词第三人称单数: punishes |

词义辨析

同义:

n.惩罚

penalty  penalization  discipline  correction  chastening  chastisement  castigation  criticism  scolding  dressing-down  deserved reward  comeuppance  payment  reckoning  judgment  disciplinary action  retribution  one's due  just dessert  penance  the rod  reparation  fine

n.虐待

manhandling  maltreatment  hard work  slave labour  beating  whipping  torture  

同义参见:

hell  sentence  rod  persecution  

反义参见:

reward  

英英释义

名词 punishment:

the act of punishing

同义词：penalty, penalization, penalisation

补充

punishmentpunishment英:[ˈpʌniʃmənt] 美:[ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]n.1.处罚, 受罚Do you have capital punishment in your country?贵国有死刑吗？

例句

1. What punishment do you think might be appropriate?你觉得该怎么处罚才好？ 2. punishment and prison sentences cannot reform the hardened criminal.惩罚和狱刑都不能改造不知悔改的罪犯。 3. The usual punishment is a fine.通常处以罚款。 4. a group which campaigns against the physical punishment of children发起活动反对体罚儿童的团体 5. The government is proposing tougher punishments for officials convicted of corruption.政府提议对被判贪污腐败罪的官员实施更严厉的惩罚。 6. multiple punishments for the same offense对同一罪行的多重惩罚 7. Don't expect these boots to take the punishment that gardening will give them.不要指望能穿着这种靴子去干园艺活儿, 它们没那么耐磨。 8. He took a lot of punishment in the penultimate round.他在倒数第二个回合被暴打一顿。 9. His body must take a lot of punishment with all those heavy training sessions.那些繁重的训练课一定让他的身体严重受损。 10. My old typewriter took a lot of punishment in its day but it still works.我那台老式打字机在它的那个时代没少受累, 不过到现在还能用。 11. crime demands just punishment.犯罪该得到应有的处罚。 12. she assisted her husband to escape punishment for the crime.她帮着有罪的丈夫逃脱惩罚。 13. [count noun]he approved of stiff punishments for criminals.他赞成对罪犯严惩不贷。 14. your machine can take a fair amount of punishment before falling to bits.你的机器还能折腾一番才会散架。 15. He was excluded from school for a week as a punishment.他被停学一星期作为惩罚。 16. I took away my daughter's car keys as a punishment for her bad behavior.我没收了女儿的车钥匙作为对她不良行为的惩罚。 17. The punishments that the government has inflicted/imposed on the protesters are severe and unjust.政府给予抗议者们的惩罚过于严厉而且有失公正。 18. The punishment for murder is life imprisonment.谋杀的惩罚方式是无期徒刑。 19. I took away my daughter's car keys as (a form of) punishment for her bad behavior.我没收了女儿的车钥匙作为对她不良行为的（一种）惩罚（方式）。 20. cruel and unusual punishment [=punishment that is very painful or harsh or that is too severe for a particular crime]酷刑惩罚 21. Some religions teach that wicked people will suffer eternal punishment in hell after they die.某些宗教告诫人们说，恶人死后将下地狱永受惩罚。 22. These hiking boots are tough enough to take any amount of punishment. [=the boots will not be ruined even if they are used very roughly]这些登山鞋都够结实，经得起万般折腾。 23. "He keeps playing football despite all his injuries. I guess he's a glutton/sucker for punishment. [=he is attracted to pain, suffering, difficulty, etc.]"尽管浑身是伤，他仍然坚持打橄榄球。我看他是乐意遭罪。