单词 | punish |
释义 | Word Frequency punish(ˈpʌnɪʃ) verb 1. to force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc, for some crime or misdemeanour 2. (transitive) to inflict punishment for (some crime, etc) 3. (transitive) to use or treat harshly or roughly, esp as by overexertion to punish a horse 4. (transitive) informal to consume (some commodity) in large quantities to punish the bottle Derived forms punisher (ˈpunisher) noun punishing (ˈpunishing) adjective punishingly (ˈpunishingly) adverb Word origin C14 punisse, from Old French punir, from Latin pūnīre to punish, from poena penalty |
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