| 单词 | mete |
| 释义 | mete (miːt ) Word forms: metes , meting , meted Phrasal verbs: mete out phrasal verb To mete out a punishment means to order that someone should be punished in a certain way. [formal] It does not have the power to mete out punishment against member states. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Collocations: mete out a sentence At least 1,300 people were arrested and heavy jail sentences meted out. Times, Sunday Times Disproportionate sentences meted out in the aftermath of the riots simply perpetuate the state's careless and inconsistent parenting of these young people. Times, Sunday Times These were said to be among the harshest prison sentences meted out to demonstrators arrested during the 1989 protests. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Of all the sentences meted out to leading figures in the whole course of the prosecution, it was the only one that was made to stick. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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