Some religions teach that wicked people will suffer eternal punishment in hell after they die.某些宗教告诫人们说,恶人死后将下地狱永受惩罚。
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[noncount]:rough physical treatment粗暴对待
These hiking boots are tough enough to take any amount of punishment. [=the boots will not be ruined even if they are used very roughly]这些登山鞋都够结实,经得起万般折腾。
He keeps playing football despite all his injuries. I guess he's a glutton/sucker for punishment. [=he is attracted to pain, suffering, difficulty, etc.]尽管浑身是伤,他仍然坚持打橄榄球。我看他是乐意遭罪。
I took away my daughter's car keys as a punishment for her bad behavior. The punishments that the government has inflicted on the protesters are severe and unjust. The punishment for murder is life imprisonment. Some religions teach that wicked people will suffer eternal punishment in hell after they die.
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ADJECTIVE | VERB + PUNISHMENT | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤cruel, harsh, heavy, severe殘酷的懲罰;嚴厲的懲罰▸➤unusual異乎尋常的懲罰◇the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment憲法對殘酷與異常懲罰手段的禁止➤appropriate, fitting適當的處罰▸➤capital死刑▸➤corporal, physical體罰▸➤collective集體懲罰VERB + PUNISHMENT➤administer, dish out (informal) , dole out (informal) , hand out, impose, inflict, mete out施加懲罰;給予懲罰◇It is unlawful for a teacher to inflict corporal punishment on students.教師對學生進行體罰是違法的。◇Harsh punishment is expected to be meted out to the murderer.人們期望對兇手予以嚴懲。➤face, receive, suffer面對/受到/遭受懲罰▸➤accept, take接受懲罰◇Take your punishment like a man.像男子漢那樣接受對你的懲罰。➤avoid, escape逃避懲罰▸➤deserve應受懲罰PREPOSITION➤as punishment (for)作為(對⋯的)懲罰◇He had his privileges withdrawn as punishment for fighting with another prisoner.作為對與另一名犯人打架的懲罰,他被取消了特別待遇。➤punishment for因⋯的處罰◇Punishments for killing the king's deer were severe.殺害國王的鹿將受到嚴厲懲罰。PHRASES➤crime and punishment犯罪與刑法◇the sociology of crime and punishment犯罪與刑法社會學➤the punishment fits the crime與罪行相稱的懲罰◇The victim's family do not believe that this punishment fits the crime.受害者的家人認為這一懲罰與他所犯的罪行不相稱。➤reward and punishment獎勵與處罰◇They use a system of reward and punishment to discipline their children.他們用一套獎懲制度來管教孩子。