punished
past simple and past participle ofpunish
| 单词 | punished |
| 释义 | punished past simple and past participle ofpunish punish verb[T] uk/ˈpʌn.ɪʃ/us/ˈpʌn.ɪʃ/punishverb[T](CRIME)B1 tocausesomeone who has done somethingwrongorcommittedacrimetosuffer, byhurtingthem,forcingthem topaymoney,sendingthem toprison, etc.: Thoseresponsiblefor thesecrimesmust bebroughttocourtand punished. He punished theclassbygivingthemextrawork. Theoilcompanywasfoundguiltyon tencountsofpollution, and was punishedwitha $250 millionfine. See also punitive to punish anyone whocommitsaparticularcrime: Drunkendrivingcan be punishedwithaprisonsentence.
Punishing & punishments
punishverb[T](TREAT BADLY)to use ortreatsomethingbadly,violently, or withoutcare: He really punishes thathorseof his. Using and misusing
Examplesofpunishedpunished In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This paper extends these models by considering a fishery crime that generates a flow of returns until the offender is caught and thenpunished. From theCambridge English Corpus Many novelists and artists who depicted the pleasure quarters and/or related topics werepunished. From theCambridge English Corpus Although the process still continues, the certainty that racial crimes will bepunishedhas greatly reduced their occurrence. From theCambridge English Corpus Even when a specific individual imposed prohibitive agreements on the community, it was the people whopunishedviolators, not the one who conferred the agreement. From theCambridge English Corpus Even if contracts werepunished, as long as they remained valid, the choice to create legal duties for oneself would remain open. From theCambridge English Corpus In twelve of the nineteen cases, citizens werepunishedbecause they made repeated petitions. From theCambridge English Corpus Builders are frequentlypunishedfor this lack of mobility by bankruptcy. From theCambridge English Corpus Within weeks of taking control, this local resistance police officiallypunishedeight women with radical croppings for so-called intimate relations with the enemy. From theCambridge English Corpus Certainly, some participants have beenpunishedbecause their behaviour seriously violated the law and caused damage. From theCambridge English Corpus A defense lawyer can sincerely affirm the ideal that the guilty should bepunishedand the innocent set free. From theCambridge English Corpus Compliance with the formal rules is unlikely and irrational when judges arepunishedfor attempting to limit the prerogatives of the president. From theCambridge English Corpus Formal political opposition was banned and those who did not conform to the law werepunished. From theCambridge English Corpus It may not itself ever be reinforced and may bepunishedby injury or death. From theCambridge English Corpus Young people should, the law says, bepunishedmore severely for transgressions, perhaps as a means of educating them and preparing them for life. From theCambridge English Corpus If it was harvest time, they stole the corn; and if alms were refused, theypunishedthe owners by plundering their granaries at night. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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