penal

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a. 有关处罚的, 刑的, 刑罚的, 刑法上的, (课税)繁重的 [法] 刑事的, 刑法的, 受刑罚的

发音

其它 /ˈpiːnəl/

别名

pænal pænall penall pœnal pœnall

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or relating to punishment.

    刑罚的

    刑事的

    penal servitude

  2. 2.

    Subject to punishment; punishable.

    a penal offence

  3. 3.

    Serving as a place of punishment.

    a penal colony

  4. 4.

    Exorbitant.

    a penal rate of interest

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

punishable

近义相关 3

illegal punitive punitory

相关短语

penal notice penal colony [法]流放地 penal colonies penal substitution penal rosary penal code [法] 刑法典 penal officer penal officers penal rosaries penal codes penal notices penal law [法] 刑法 penal laws penal populism

词源

From Old French peinal, from Medieval Latin penalis, from Latin poenalis, from poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “punishment”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

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