| 单词 | punish |
| 释义 | punish[ puhn-ish ] / ˈpʌn ɪʃ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR punish ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object)to subject to pain, loss, confinement, death, etc., as a penalty for some offense, transgression, or fault: to punish a criminal. to inflict a penalty for (an offense, fault, etc.): to punish theft. to handle severely or roughly, as in a fight. to put to painful exertion, as a horse in racing. Informal. to make a heavy inroad on; deplete: to punish a quart of whiskey. verb (used without object)to inflict punishment. Origin of punish1300–50; Middle English punischen<Middle French puniss-, long stem of punir<Latin pūnīre; akin to poenapenalty, pain SYNONYMS FOR punish1 chastise, castigate. 1, 2 penalize. SEE SYNONYMS FOR punish ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR punish1, 2 reward. SEE ANTONYMS FOR punish ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for punish1. Punish, correct, discipline refer to making evident public or private disapproval of violations of law, wrongdoing, or refusal to obey rules or regulations by imposing penalties. To punish is chiefly to inflict penalty or pain as a retribution for misdeeds, with little or no expectation of correction or improvement: to punish a thief. To correct is to reprove or inflict punishment for faults, specifically with the idea of bringing about improvement: to correct a rebellious child. To discipline is to give a kind of punishment that will educate or will establish useful habits: to discipline a careless driver. OTHER WORDS FROM punishWords nearby punishpung, punga, pungent, Punic, Punic Wars, punish, punishable, punishing, punishment, punition, punitive Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for punishBritish Dictionary definitions for punishpunish / (ˈpʌnɪʃ) / verbto force (someone) to undergo a penalty or sanction, such as imprisonment, fines, death, etc, for some crime or misdemeanour (tr) to inflict punishment for (some crime, etc) (tr) to use or treat harshly or roughly, esp as by overexertionto punish a horse (tr) informal to consume (some commodity) in large quantitiesto punish the bottle Derived forms of punishpunisher, nounpunishing, adjectivepunishingly, adverbWord Origin for punishC14 punisse, from Old French punir, from Latin pūnīre to punish, from poena penalty Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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