| 单词 | penalize |
| 释义 | penalize (once / 5719 pages) v When you penalize someone, you punish them. A traffic cop will usually penalize a speeder with an expensive ticket. A court might penalize a criminal with fines or time in prison, while a frustrated teacher is more likely to penalize the class clown with detention. Sports referees frequently penalize players by allowing the opposing team an advantage of some sort, like a penalty kick in soccer or a free throw in basketball. Penalize is rooted in penal, or "pertaining to punishment." The Greek root is poine, "penalty, punishment, or blood money." WORD FAMILYpenalize: penalization, penalized, penalizes, penalizing+/penalise: penalisation, penalised, penalises, penalising/penalty: penalise, penalize, penalties USAGE EXAMPLESDoctors and hospitals here are obsessed with metrics, not least because under the health law, they may be rewarded or penalized based on their performance. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Women were consistently evaluated more harshly than their male counterparts and were penalized to a greater degree if they were unwilling to help. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Washington was called for five minors in the first period, continuing a trend of getting penalized in bunches. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) v impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on The students were penalized for showing up late for class Syn|Hypo penalise, punish, sanction avenge, retaliate, revenge take revenge for a perceived wrong tar-and-feathersmear the body of (someone) with tar and feathers; done in some societies as punishment execute, put to deathkill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment pillorypunish by putting in a pillory castigateinflict severe punishment on amercepunish with an arbitrary penalty victimise, victimizepunish unjustly scourgepunish severely; excoriate correct, discipline, sort outpunish in order to gain control or enforce obedience get back, get eventake revenge or even out a score crucifykill by nailing onto a cross burnburn at the stake hang, string upkill by hanging |
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