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punish

B1 verb

Các nghĩa

  1. phạt · trừng phạt

    To cause (a child, student, or someone else being looked after, or a suspect or criminal) to suffer for crime or misconduct, to administer disciplinary action, typically by an authority or a person in authority (for example: a parent, teacher, or police officer).

    transitive

    If a prince violates the law, then he must be punished like an ordinary person.

  2. hành hạ, đối xử tàn tệ

    To treat harshly and unfairly.

    figuratively · transitive

    The rider who comes back on his horse in mid-air over a fence is punishing his horse severely.

  3. đánh đập, hành hung

    To handle or beat severely; to maul.

    colloquial · transitive

  4. ngốn, nốc

    To consume a large quantity of.

    colloquial · transitive

    A few moments later, we were all sitting around the veranda of the hunters' dining hall, punishing the gin, as usual.

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