| 单词 | mete |
| 释义 | mete (once / 6382 pages) n If you "mete out" something (the word is usually followed by "out"), it means you dish it out in very careful measured amounts. Anyone who metes out their love probably isn't someone you want to have a relationship with. Another word often used interchangeably with mete is dole, though there are slight differences in meaning: dole suggests a more lavish, unthinking form of activity than the more stingy and controlled mete, and while some nice things (like compassion or love) can be "doled out," it's very rare that anything pleasant or happy is "meted out." WORD FAMILYmete: metes USAGE EXAMPLESHer job is to deliver pep talks and mete out discipline, but Krystal is not really the boss. New York Times(Sep 29, 2016) “That judge’s decision could be completely ignored by a state bureaucrat and they could mete out any sentence they want to,” Totten said. Washington Times(Oct 08, 2016) In fact, whistleblowing is extraordinarily rare, in part because of the draconian penalties the government metes out to punish it. Time(Sep 15, 2016) n a line that indicates a boundary Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper border, borderline, boundary line, delimitation Green Line the border marking the boundaries of the land that Israel won in its 1948 war of independence Line of Controla 450-mile line that is supposed to indicate the boundary between the part of Kashmir controlled by India and the part controlled by Pakistan Mason and Dixon's linethe boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania; symbolic dividing line between North and South before the American Civil War circuit, circumference the boundary line encompassing an area or object fence linea boundary line created by a fence property linethe boundary line between two pieces of property state boundary, state linethe boundary between two states bound, boundary, bounds the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something |
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