喜樂美語
  1. 1刑罰的；(penal code)刑法；(penal colony)流放地

    Penal describes anything related to punishment, especially punishment set by law. A country's "penal code" is its official set of laws about crimes and punishments. A "penal colony" was a place, often on an island, where a country used to send prisoners to live and work, far from home.

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組成From Latin poena, meaning "penalty, punishment."

同家族的字

  • penaltyshares the Latin root poena, meaning punishment
  • painalso traced back to the same Latin root poena, by way of Old French peine

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

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penaladj/ˈpiːnəl/

  • 1

    Of or relating to punishment.

    • penal servitude
  • 2

    Subject to punishment; punishable.

    • a penal offence
  • 3

    Serving as a place of punishment.

    • a penal colony
  • 4

    Exorbitant.

    • a penal rate of interest

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