mete

🇬🇧 UK/mi:t/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To distribute or allot something, especially punishment or reward (usually 'mete out')

分配,给予(尤指惩罚或奖励)

n.

A boundary or limit, especially a boundary marker

边界,界限,界标

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
meteother
=mete

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The judge will mete out the appropriate punishment.

  • 2.

    Justice was meted fairly to all parties involved.

  • 3.

    The border metes out the boundary between two countries.

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