| 单词 | penalize |
| 释义 | pe·nal·ize (also penalise British English) /ˈpiːnəl-aɪz $ ˈpiː-, ˈpe-/ verb [transitive] 1 UNFAIRto punish someone or treat them unfairly 处罚，惩罚；不公平对待penalize somebody for (doing) something Two students were penalized very differently for the same offence. 两名学生犯了同样的过错，受到的处罚却大不相同。 Women feel professionally penalized for taking time off to raise children. 女性认为休假带孩子在职业上对自己不利。2 PUNISHto punish a team or player in sports by giving an advantage to the other team 〔在体育运动中〕判罚 The team was penalized for wasting time. 该队因拖延时间而受到处罚。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuspenalize• How would it be monitored and regulated to ensure that those who cheated were penalized?• It is unfair that the whole class should be penalized because of the bad behaviour of a few students.• New laws will penalize firms that continue to pollute the environment.• It would penalize foreign companies for energy investments in those two nations -- even if legal under their own laws.• The Government will decide over the next few weeks whether to penalize Gloucestershire for overspending.• The House of Representatives voted to penalize him for ethics violations.• Why should I be penalized just because everyone else did a bad job?• The proposed energy taxes would unfairly penalize people living in rural areas.• Some religious conservatives have opposed the act, saying it unfairly penalizes people to overprotect lesser forms of life.• The overall aim is to ensure that the welfare state encourages rather than penalizes personal initiative.• Legislation is pending in Sacramento and Washington that would penalize prisoners who file lawsuits that are later judged to be frivolous.• Darwinians have usually chosen to discuss genes whose phenotypic effects benefit, or penalize, the survival and reproduction of whole bodies.• Wallace was penalized twice for false starts.penalize somebody for (doing) something• The state government was willing to bend the rules where necessary to stop penalizing employers for creating jobs.• It would penalize foreign companies for energy investments in those two nations -- even if legal under their own laws.• They will not penalize their employees for leaving to take a child to the doctor.• The Government will decide over the next few weeks whether to penalize Gloucestershire for overspending.• I thought you could be penalized only for the actual time you were late.pe·nal·ize verbChineseSyllable or treat them to Corpus unfairly punish someone |
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