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vt.

惩罚；处罚（to make sb. suffer because they have broken the law or done sth. wrong）

The murderer was punished with death.杀人犯被处死了。

Drunk driving should be severely punished. 酒驾应该受到严厉的惩罚。

We must find out whom they punished. 我们必须查明他们处罚了谁。

We should punish all of the saboteurs. 我们应当处罚所有怠工者。

You will be punished for hitting the policeman. 你将因袭警而受惩罚。

It is unjust to punish that boy. 惩罚那个孩子是不公平的。

God would punish her for that. 上帝会因为这件事而惩罚她的。

Does nature punish man for his greed? 自然会惩罚人的贪婪吗？

It’s not reasonable to punish the boy. 处罚那个男孩是没有道理的。

Whom the teacher will punish has not been decided yet. 老师要处罚谁尚未决定。

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1. punish sb. for (doing )sth. 因（做）某事而受到惩罚

The students were punished for cheating in the exam.这些学生因为考试作弊而受到惩罚。

How would you punish somebody for stealing? 你如何惩罚偷窃的人？

Don’t punish the boy for no good reason. 不要无缘无故地惩罚孩子。

2. be heavily/ justly punished by law  受到法律的严厉/公正惩罚

The criminals were heavily punished by law. 这些犯罪分子受到了法律的严惩。

相关单词

第三 人称单数： punishes

过去式：punished

过去分词：punished

现在分词：punishing