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单词 punishing
释义
Punishing
vverb.socialimpose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
Synset:penalise penalize punish
Examples:
  • The students were penalized for showing up late for class
  • we had to punish the dog for soiling the floor again
Derivationally Related Form:penaltypunishmentpunitorypenalisationpunitivepenalization
Inherited Hypernyms:punish
Direct Hyponyms:amerceavengecastigatecorrectdisciplineexecutepilloryput to deathretaliaterevengescourgesort outtar-and-feathervictimisevictimize
Entailment:approximate estimate gauge guess judge
Full Troponyms:amerceburncastigatecrucifydisciplineexecuteget evengibbethalterhangpay backpilloryrevengescourgetar-and-feathervictimize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
adjadj.pplresulting in punishment
Examples:
  • the king imposed a punishing tax
Inherited Hypernyms:punishing
adj satadj.allcharacterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Synset:arduous backbreaking grueling gruelling hard heavy laborious operose toilsome
Examples:
  • worked their arduous way up the mining valley
  • a grueling campaign
  • hard labor
  • heavy work
  • heavy going
  • spent many laborious hours on the project
  • set a punishing pace
Antonyms:effortless
Derivationally Related Form:heavinessarduousnesslaboroperosenesshardnesslaboriousnesstoilsomeness
Inherited Hypernyms:arduous
Similar to:effortful
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