英语词典 · 单词释义
penal
英 ['piːn(ə)l] 美 ['pinl]
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翻译 · 词源 · 例句- adj. 刑事的；刑罚的
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1、pen- + -al
中文词源
penal 惩罚的，处罚的
来自拉丁语poena,处罚，惩罚，来自希腊语poine,处罚，罚金，来自PIE*kwei,弥补，支付，赎罪，词源同pain,punish.
英文词源
- penal
- penal: see pain
- penal (adj.)
- "pertaining to punishment," mid-15c., from Old French peinal (12c., Modern French pénal) and directly from Medieval Latin penalis, from Latin poenalis "pertaining to punishment," from poena "punishment," from Greek poine "blood-money, fine, penalty, punishment," from PIE *kwoina, from root *kwei- "to pay, atone, compensate" (cognates: Greek time "price, worth, honor, esteem, respect," tinein "to pay a price, punish, take vengeance;" Sanskrit cinoti "observes, notes;" Avestan kaena "punishment, vengeance;" Old Church Slavonic cena "honor, price;" Lithuanian kaina "value, price").
双语例句
- 1. the penal system
- 刑罚制度
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Parliament may legislate on any matter of penal law.
- 议会可以对刑事法律的任何事项立法.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The punishments for robbery and murder are prescribed in the penal code.
- 对抢劫和凶杀的惩罚在刑法中有明文规定.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He visited various penal institutions in the United Kingdom in the late 1930s.
- 20世纪30年代末他探访了英国各种各样的服刑机构。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. After his experience in jail , he has a pretty jaundiced view of the penal system.
- 经历了牢狱生活之后, 他对刑罚制度颇有成见.
来自《简明英汉词典》