penal
英 ['pi?n(?)l]
美['pinl]
- adj. 刑事的；刑罰的
低頻詞TOEFL
助記提示
1、pen- + -al
中文詞源
penal 懲罰的，處罰的
來自拉丁語poena,處罰，懲罰，來自希臘語poine,處罰，罰金，來自PIE*kwei,彌補，支付，贖罪，詞源同pain,punish.
英文詞源
- 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").
雙語例句
- 1. the penal system
- 刑罰制度
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Parliament may legislate on any matter of penal law.
- 議會可以對刑事法律的任何事項立法.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The punishments for robbery and murder are prescribed in the penal code.
- 對搶劫和兇殺的懲罰在刑法中有明文規定.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He visited various penal institutions in the United Kingdom in the late 1930s.
- 20世紀30年代末他探訪了英國各種各樣的服刑機構。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. After his experience in jail , he has a pretty jaundiced view of the penal system.
- 經歷了牢獄生活之后, 他對刑罰制度頗有成見.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》