| 单词 | punish |
| 释义 | pun·ish transitive verb 1. a. < the respectable not only obey the law, but punish … those who refuse to do so — Times Literary Supplement > b. < the Sedition Act of 1798, designed to punish attacks on the federal administration — Zechariah Chafee > 2. a. < the wife … who punished him with frenetic fits of nerves — Oscar Handlin > b. < the ships were considerably punished by the batteries — P.G.Mackesy > < if you fined or imprisoned a man you punished his wife and children — Arnold Bennett > c. < punish a bottle of port > 3. intransitive verb < a punishing race > < a punishing defeat > Synonyms: < looked after a little more strictly than other children, and perhaps punished more — Margaret Deland > < no misdemeanor should be punished more severely than the most atrocious felonies — T.B.Macaulay > chastise is likely to suggest infliction of corporal pain, especially by a parent, elder, or superior, and with the hope of effecting a reformation < the father had to go over and give them a box or two on the ears, to quiet them down, but it turned into skylarking instead of chastising — O.E.Rölvaag > chasten is likely to suggest any affliction or trial, ranging from corporal punishment to worry, chagrin, tribulation, or duress, which leaves one humbled, more moderate, less extreme < to devise means for chastening the stubborn heart of her husband — Rudyard Kipling > < heavier fines and jail sentences followed by disqualification from driving for life … would chasten most reckless and drunken drivers — Priscilla Hughes > discipline may involve punishing; it always suggests action in the interest of order, regularity, rule, or control by authority < among the first recorded motions of the magistrates of the new court was the disciplining of Thomas Williams, who had said he did not see why the Duke of York had been such a fool as to make them the judges — American Guide Series: Delaware > correct may indicate chastening or punishing in the interest of amending or reforming, of guiding away from errors and lapses < must know how to correct without wounding — J.M.Barzun > castigate is likely to indicate a bitter, tongue-lashing denunciation or reprimand rather than any other form of punishment < courageously patronizes democracy in England, and with equal courage castigates it at home — W.C.Brownell > |
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