英语词汇“punish”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

punishpunish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/ ●●● S3 W2 verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYpunish

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French punir, from Latin punire, from poena, from Greek poine payment, punishment

VERB TABLE

punish

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	punish
	he, she, it	punishes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	punished
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have punished
	he, she, it	has punished
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had punished
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will punish
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have punished

Continuous Form
Present	I	am punishing
	he, she, it	is punishing
	you, we, they	are punishing
Past	I, he, she, it	was punishing
	you, we, they	were punishing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been punishing
	he, she, it	has been punishing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been punishing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be punishing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been punishing

COLLOCATIONS► severely punished

Drug traffickers will be severely punished.

1to make someone suffer because he or she has done something wrong or broken the law: He knew he would be punished if he was caught.punish somebody for (doing) something She deserves to be punished for what she has done.punish somebody by doing something Roger punished the children by taking away their toys. Drug traffickers will be severely punished.2if you punish a crime, you punish anyone who is guilty of it: Deserting the army during war can be punished by death.3punish yourself (for something) to blame yourself for something: The accident wasn’t your fault – stop punishing yourself.4if a system, rule, law, etc. punishes a group of people, they are badly affected by it: The present system punishes the elderly. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French punir, from Latin punire, from poena, from Greek poine payment, punishment]