单词 | mete out |
释义 | mete out (once / 19537 pages) v WORD FAMILY mete out: metes out 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) v administer or bestow, as in small portions Syn|Hypo|Hyper administer, allot, deal, deal out, dish out, dispense, distribute, dole out, lot, parcel out, shell out allot, assign, portion give out reallotallot again dealdistribute cards to the players in a game apply, givegive or convey physically allow, appropriate, earmark, reserve, set asidegive or assign a resource to a particular person or cause allocate, apportiondistribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose misdealdeal cards wrongly treadapply (the tread) to a tire administerperform (a church sacrament) ritually give transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
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