punish
US: /ˈpənɪʃ/
UK: /pˈʌnɪʃ/
UK: /pˈʌnɪʃ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
punish /'pʌniʃ/
- ngoại động từ
- phạt, trừng phạt, trừng trị
- (thông tục) cho (đối phương) ăn đòn nặng (đánh quyền Anh); làm nhoài, làm kiệt sức (đối thủ) (trong cuộc chạy đua...)
- (thông tục) ăn nhiều, ăn lấy ăn để (thức ăn)
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (thông tục) hành hạ, ngược đãi
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]
1 ~ sb (for sth / for doing sth) to make sb suffer because they have broken the law or done sth wrong: Those responsible for this crime will be severely punished. + He was punished for refusing to answer their questions. + My parents used to punish me by not letting me watch TV.
2 ~ sth (by / with sth) to set the punishment for a particular crime: In those days murder was always punished with the death penalty.
3 ~ yourself (for sth) to blame yourself for sth that has happened
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 penalize, chastise, castigate, discipline, chasten, scold, rebuke, take to task, reprove, dress down, admonish, correct, teach someone a lesson, give a lesson to, throw the book at, rap (someone's) knuckles, slap (someone's) wrist, have or US call on the carpet, Colloq take it out on (someone):
A child's first taste of injustice is being punished for something she did not do
2 imprison, jail or Brit also gaol, incarcerate, lock up; fine, mulct, amerce; lash, flog, beat, scourge, spank, whip, cane, birch, put across or US also turn over (one's) knee, US paddle; pillory, crucify; tar and feather, exile, banish, excommunicate, cashier, drum out of the corps; hang, execute, electrocute, draw and quarter, send to the gas chamber, Colloq put away, Slang Brit send down, US send up:
They were punished for their crimes.
3 hurt, harm, injure, damage, abuse, maltreat, rough up, knock about or around, maul, thrash, beat, trounce, manhandle, batter, Slang beat up:
The challenger punished the champion so badly that he could not come out for the tenth round.
Collocation dictionary
ADV.
severely | justifiably, justly | unfairly | accordingly, duly
Those who had opposed the court were duly punished.
VERB + PUNISH
want to | try to
He was trying to punish her for deserting him all those years ago.
| be designed to
Damages are not designed to punish the person in breach, but to compensate for the loss sustained.
PREP.
by
Never punish children by making them go hungry.
| for
They will be severely punished for their crimes.
| with
Offenders will be punished with a £1,000 fine.
Concise English dictionary
punishes|punished|punishing'pʌnɪʃ
verb
+impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
