punishment
UK/'pʌnɪʃm(ə)nt/US/'pʌniʃmәnt/
高考四级六级B1
释义
n.
A penalty imposed for an offense or wrongdoing.
惩罚，处罚，刑罚。
n.
The act of punishing.
施加惩罚（这一行为）。
n.
(informal) Rough or damaging treatment that something endures: the engine took a lot of punishment.
（非正式）（物体承受的）损耗、折腾：这台发动机经受了很大磨损。
词根拆分
词根派生punish惩罚，刑罚，痛苦
+
-ment有些，类似
=punishment
punish + -ment（行为、结果）= 施加惩罚这件事，或惩罚本身。pūnīre 一支里最常用的日常名词。
常用搭配
- 1.capital punishment死刑
- 2.corporal punishment体罚
- 3.impose a punishment施以惩罚
- 4.severe punishment严厉惩罚
例句
- 1.
The punishment should fit the crime.
惩罚应与罪行相称。
- 2.
Capital punishment has been abolished in most of Europe.
欧洲大部分地区已废除死刑。
- 3.
Those old boots have taken a lot of punishment.
那双旧靴子已经被磨损得很厉害了。