punishment

US [ˈpʌnɪʃmənt]
UK ['pʌnɪʃmənt]
  • n.处罚；惩罚；刑罚；粗暴对待
  • Web惩处；处分
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Punishment
n.
1.
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惩罚；处罚；刑罚an act or a way of punishing sb
to inflict/impose/mete out punishment
予以惩罚
What is the punishment for murder?
谋杀应处以什么刑罚？
There is little evidence that harsher punishments deter any better than more lenient ones.
甚少证据显示严惩比宽待更能遏止犯罪。
The punishment should fit the crime.
罚宜当罪。
He was sent to his room as a punishment .
他被罚回到他的房间。
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粗暴对待；虐待rough treatment
The carpet by the door takes the most punishment.
门边的地毯磨损得最厉害。

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One image shows the "Crime and Punishment" protagonist murdering two women with an ax, and another shows a man holding a gun to his head.
一个图像显示了“罪与罚”的主人公用斧头杀害了两名妇女，另有一幅图讲的是一名男子手持枪支对着他的头部。
yī gè tú xiàng xiǎn shì le " zuì yǔ fá " de zhǔ rén gōng yòng fǔ tóu shā hài le liǎng míng fù nǚ , lìng yǒu yī fú tú jiǎng de shì yī míng nán zǐ shǒu chí qiāng zhī duì zhe tā de tóu bù 。
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A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
梦想家只能在月光下找到自己的路，他的惩罚是第一个看见黎明。
mèng xiǎng jiā zhǐ néng zài yuè guāng xià zhǎo dào zì jǐ de lù , tā de chéng fá shì dì yī gè kàn jiàn lí míng 。
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3.
Kieron (VO): And there is no fear in love. Perfect love drives out fear because fear is punishment and it has no place in perfect love.
（旁白）不要害怕坠入爱河，完美的爱情会驱散恐惧，因为恐惧是种惩罚，在完美的爱情中它无处安身。
( páng bái ) bú yào hài pà zhuì rù ài hé , wán měi de ài qíng huì qū sàn kǒng jù , yīn wèi kǒng jù shì zhǒng chéng fá , zài wán měi de ài qíng zhōng tā wú chù ān shēn 。
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But once he made mistakes, I always hid the fire, always loudly criticized him, shortness of breath will be his punishment.
但是他一旦犯错误，我就总是压不住火，总会大声的批评他，气急了还会体罚他。
dàn shì tā yí dàn fàn cuò wù , wǒ jiù zǒng shì yā bù zhù huǒ , zǒng huì dà shēng de pī píng tā , qì jí le hái huì tǐ fá tā 。
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5.
"There was no abuse, name-calling, threats, punishment, bans or dismissals, " he said.
他表示：“没有出现谩骂、点名批评、威胁、惩罚、禁止或解职的情况。”
tā biǎo shì : " méi yǒu chū xiàn màn mà 、 diǎn míng pī píng 、 wēi xié 、 chéng fá 、 jìn zhǐ huò jiě zhí de qíng kuàng 。 "
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Yet he knows he is right and that there can be no question of punishment. A fate is not a punishment.
但他知道他是对的，关键问题不在于惩罚，而命运并不是惩罚。
dàn tā zhī dào tā shì duì de , guān jiàn wèn tí bù zài yú chéng fá , ér mìng yùn bìng bú shì chéng fá 。
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It's no good trying to slide out of the punishment you deserve; this time you've been well and truly caught.
想逃避你应得的惩罚没有用；这次你可是真真切切被逮住了。
xiǎng táo bì nǐ yīng dé de chéng fá méi yǒu yòng ; zhè cì nǐ kě shì zhēn zhēn qiè qiè bèi dǎi zhù le 。
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Huang was quoted as saying China was not prepared to do away with capital punishment despite the problems in its lower courts.
用黄的话来说，尽管低级法院存在一些问题，中国还没有准备好废除死刑。
yòng huáng de huà lái shuō , jǐn guǎn dī jí fǎ yuàn cún zài yì xiē wèn tí , zhōng guó hái méi yǒu zhǔn bèi hǎo fèi chú sǐ xíng 。
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It was also used by the Roman Empire and was considered to be the favorite punishment dished out by Emperor Caligula.
它也是罗马帝国的一种死刑，而且是Caligula皇帝的最爱之选。
tā yě shì luó mǎ dì guó de yī zhǒng sǐ xíng , ér qiě shì Caligula huáng dì de zuì ài zhī xuǎn 。
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But Japan, for all that it will celebrate dealing the LDP a punishment it has long deserved, will want an answer.
但是，尽管日本将会对长期丧失了执政危机感的自民党进行惩罚，民众会希望得到一个回答。
dàn shì , jǐn guǎn rì běn jiāng huì duì cháng qī sàng shī le zhí zhèng wēi jī gǎn de zì mín dǎng jìn xíng chéng fá , mín zhòng huì xī wàng dé dào yī gè huí dá 。
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