单词	mete
释义	metemete /miːt/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINmete Origin: Old English metan ‘to measure’ Verb Table VERB TABLE mete Simple Form Present I, you, we, they mete he, she, it metes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they meted Present perfect I, you, we, they have meted he, she, it has meted Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had meted Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will mete Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have meted Continuous Form Present I am meting he, she, it is meting you, we, they are meting Past I, he, she, it was meting you, we, they were meting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been meting he, she, it has been meting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been meting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be meting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been meting Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But as regards its prisons and its meting out of justice, it is clearly having difficulty living up to that image. Did the world always mete out just deserts? The gods could be publicly called upon to mete out justice. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► impose/mete out a punishment formal (=give someone a punishment)· Life imprisonment should be the maximum punishment meted out by the state. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► out · But as regards its prisons and its meting out of justice, it is clearly having difficulty living up to that image.· Did the world always mete out just deserts?· The gods could be publicly called upon to mete out justice. mete something ↔ out phrasal verb formal if you mete out a punishment, you give it to someonemete out to He felt he had a right to mete out physical punishment to the children. Judges are meting out harsh sentences for car theft.
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