Translations for „punishment“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

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punishment N

punishment

处罚 chǔfá

punishment

惩罚 chéngfá

punishment

刑罚 xíngfá

capital punishment N

capital punishment

死刑 sǐxíng

Usage examples with punishment

corporal punishment

体罚

administer punishment to sb

给某人以惩罚

decree a punishment

判刑

receive severe punishment

遭到严厉的惩罚

mete out severe punishment to sb

严惩某人

What punishment does the law prescribe for this crime?

法律给这种罪规定了什么样的惩罚？

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Capital punishment will only provide a new public spectacle, one that might even be, horror of horrors, entertaining.

opinion.inquirer.net

But city executives mete out punishment for possession or distribution of liquor at city buildings.

calgaryherald.com

Rather than face that, this request causes capital punishment to be overturned in the courts.

en.wikipedia.org

He leaves behind a calling card which states let the punishment fit the crime.

en.wikipedia.org

If the modern purpose of incarceration is not revenge but rehabilitation, then capital punishment is a disavowal of that purpose.

opinion.inquirer.net

The markets are watching, waiting, and more than willing to exact condign punishment for lack of resolve.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Child describes being locked in a room beside a caged boa constrictor as a punishment.

stv.tv

One of his first acts as a school commissioner was to abolish corporal punishment.

en.wikipedia.org

His defeat and the ensuing ruin were looked upon as a punishment for his sacrilege theft.

en.wikipedia.org

Inasmuch as the outlawing of corporal punishment limited other rights, such limitation was reasonable and justifiable in an open and democratic society based on human dignity, equality and freedom.

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