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When you penalize someone, you punish them. A traffic cop will usually penalize a speeder with an expensive ticket.
A court might penalize a criminal with fines or time in prison, while a frustrated teacher is more likely to penalize the class clown with detention. Sports referees frequently penalize players by allowing the opposing team an advantage of some sort, like a penalty kick in soccer or a free throw in basketball. Penalize is rooted in penal, or “pertaining to punishment.” The Greek root is poine, “penalty, punishment, or blood money.”
实用短语
单词用法
词根词缀
词根: pen
=penalty,表示”惩罚;痛苦”
adj.
penal 刑事的pen惩罚;痛苦+al……的→adj.刑事的
penitent 后悔的,忏悔的peni=pen惩罚;痛苦+t+ent表形容词→受惩罚后而后悔→后悔的
n.
penalty 处罚,刑罚,惩罚,罚金penal[adj.刑事的]+ty表名词→n.处罚,刑罚,惩罚,罚金
penance 自我惩罚pen惩罚;痛苦+ance表名词→n.自我惩罚
v.
penalize 置[某人]于不利地位,处罚penal[adj.刑事的]+ize表动词→v.置[某人]于不利地位,处罚
repent 悔悟,悔改re反+pen惩罚;痛苦+t→反过来惩罚[自己]→后悔
同义词
punish / castigate / chastise / discipline
sentence / punish / chastise / castigate / discipline
同根词
词根:penal
adj.penal刑事的;刑罚的
adv.penally用刑罚;刑事上
n.penalty罚款,罚金;处罚
penalization惩罚;处罚
vt.penalise惩罚,处罚;使…处于严重不利地位