penal
UK/'piːn(ə)l/US/'pi:nl/
TOEFLA1
释义
adj.
Relating to punishment, especially legal punishment.
刑罚的，刑事的。
adj.
Used for or subject to punishment: a penal colony.
用作惩罚的，受刑罚约束的：流放地。
词根拆分
词根派生pen（poena，惩罚）+ -al（关于）=「惩罚的」。几乎只用于法律语境：penal code 刑法典、penal system 刑罚制度、penal institution 刑罚机构。
词根 pun 还连着 33 个词常用搭配
- 1.penal code刑法典
- 2.penal system刑罚制度
- 3.penal colony流放地
- 4.penal institution刑罚机构
例句
- 1.
Such conduct is an offense under the penal code.
此类行为依刑法构成犯罪。
- 2.
Prisoners were once shipped to remote penal colonies.
囚犯曾被流放到偏远的流放地。
- 3.
The country is reforming its penal system.
该国正在改革其刑罚制度。