punish

vt. 惩罚；严厉对待；贪婪地吃喝

vi. 惩罚

中文词源

punish 惩罚，处罚

来自拉丁语punire,惩罚，处罚，纠正，来自 poena,处罚，罚金，词源同pain,penal.

punish: punish: [14] Latin pūnīre ‘punish’ was derived from the noun poena ‘penalty, punishment’ (source of English pain). It passed into Old French as punir, whose stem puniss- gave English punish. A derivative of pūnīre was pūnitīvus ‘inflicting punishment’, which has given English punitive [17].
=> pain
punish (v.): c. 1300, from Old French puniss-, extended present participle stem of punir "to punish," from Latin punire "punish, correct, chastise; take vengeance for; inflict a penalty on, cause pain for some offense," earlier poenire, from poena "penalty, punishment" (see penal). Colloquial meaning "to inflict heavy damage or loss" is first recorded 1801, originally in boxing. Related: Punished; punishing.

1、pun- + -ish.

1. Current employment laws will be changed to reward effort and punish laziness.: 现行雇佣法要变，要奖勤罚懒。

2. I don't believe that George ever had to punish the children.: 我认为乔治根本没有必要处罚孩子们。