punitive
发音
英 [ˈpju:nətɪv]
美 [ˈpjunɪtɪv]
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- adj.
- 处罚的，惩罚性的
- 令人受苦的
单词词源
punitive 惩罚的，刑罚的
来自拉丁语punire,惩罚，处罚，纠正，来自 poena,处罚，罚金，词源同pain,penal.-itive,形容词后缀。
双语例句
- 1. Still , he reckoned , less punitive approaches to drug users are gaining acceptance .
- 然而，他认为，对吸毒者减少惩罚的做法正在得到越来越多的认可。
- 2. She is applying a clear , but not overly punitive consequence for the behavior and providing an opportunity for the child to try again tomorrow and succeed .
- 对于孩子的行为，她给出了一个明确而又不过分惩罚的后果，同时还给孩子提供明天继续尝试的机会。
- 3. This is required to limit the problem of " moral hazard " but should not amount to an unduly punitive sanction as at the moment .
- 这是约束“道德风险”问题的必要举措，但它不应是现在这种过于苛刻的制裁。
- 4. And my main grouse against the us " republican right " is that it gives competitive capitalism a bad name by associating it with religious intolerance , a chauvinistic foreign policy and a punitive tendency .
- 我对美国“共和党右派”的主要不满在于，它将自由竞争资本主义与宗教不容忍、外交政策中的沙文主义以及严厉苛刻的倾向混为一谈，这玷污了它的名声。