vt.惩罚；粗暴对待

vi.处罚

The teacher blazoned she would punish the bad student. 老师宣布她将惩罚那个坏学生。

Their teacher punished them for their rudeness. 老师因为他们态度粗鲁而责罚他们。

Dangerous driving should be severely punished. 危险驾驶应受严惩。

The teacher warned them that she would punish anyone who stepped out of line. 老师警告他们说谁要不守规矩就罚谁。

I have a mind to punish you for stealing a cookie. 我有意要处罚你偷饼干。

We wonder whom the teacher is going to punish. 我们极想知道老师要处罚谁。

punish的基本意思是“罚,处罚”,指因践踏法律、违抗权威或一般地做错了事而对其强制的惩罚。引申可指“粗暴地对待,痛打”。punish用于口语中还可指“大量消耗,吃光”。

punish多用于及物动词,后接名词或代词作宾语。常用于被动结构。

punish后接介词for,表示处罚的原因,接with或by表示处罚的方式或手段。