喜樂美語
  1. 1懲罰性的

    Meant to punish someone, usually in a harsh or strict way. You'll mostly hear it in formal contexts - law, business, or news - like 'punitive measures' (actions taken to punish) or 'punitive damages' (extra money a court makes someone pay, as punishment, not just to cover the cost of harm).

core核心畫面

組成From Latin poena (penalty, punishment).

同家族的字

  • punishshares the pun-/poen- root meaning penalty
  • penaltycomes from the same Latin root, poena

原始詞典資料1 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

punitiveadj/ˈpju.nɪ.tɪv/

  • 1

    governmentlawmilitaryInflicting punishment; punishing.

    • Beijing imposed punitive sanctions on Canada.
    • The jury awarded $10,000 in punitive damages.

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