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punish [ˈpʌnıʃ] VB trans

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1. punish:

punish
处罚 chǔfá
punish
惩罚 chéngfá

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To punish him, she gets married to him and then gets him arrested.
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This elicited a new round of attacks on his work that called for him to be punished by the emperor.
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The slaves could be punished for trying to learn to read and write.
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He stated that those responsible had been punished.
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Violation of boys' hair regulations is often punished with a caning but some schools offer the alternative of an enforced haircut at the school.
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Informal controls reward or punish acceptable or unacceptable behaviour (i.e., deviance) and are varied from individual to individual, group to group, and society to society.
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Clearly, the ones who have been punished constitute the larger crowd.
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We nonetheless insist that before the state can punish this miscreant, it must conduct a full-dress criminal trial that results in a verdict of guilty.
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In it, villagers were punished for their sins with a blood-red rain.
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The first escape attempt would be punished severely as a deterrent for future escapes.
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