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penalty

英 ['pen(ə)ltɪ] 美 ['pɛnəlti]

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解释

n. 罚款，罚金；处罚

※ 提供单词"penalty"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

penalty 处罚，刑罚，罚点球

来自penal,处罚的，处罚的。后用于指体育运动罚球，罚点球等。

英文词源

penalty: penalty: see pain
penalty (n.): mid-15c., from Middle French penalité and directly from Medieval Latin poenalitatem (nominative poenalitas), from Latin poenalis (see penal). The sporting sense is first recorded 1885. Ice hockey penalty box attested by 1931.

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例句和用法

1. It was a crime of espionage and carried the death penalty.: 这是间谍罪，应判死刑。

2. The prosecutors have warned they will seek the death penalty.: 检控方律师已警告说他们会努力争取判处死刑。

3. Why should I pay the penalty for somebody else's mistake?: 为什么我要代人受过？

4. He also had his licence endorsed with eight penalty points.: 他的驾驶执照也被扣了8分。

5. He miskicked the ball twice at the edge of the penalty box.: 在禁区边缘他两次将球踢飞。