mete

mete1
[miːt]
verb
  1. [with obj.](mete something out)dispense or allot (justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment)
    施以,给予(法律制裁,惩罚,虐待)
    he denounced the maltreatment meted out to minorities.
    他谴责对少数民族的虐待。
    ■(in biblical use) measure out
    (圣经)量出;取出
    with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
    你用何种量器量出,量入予你亦必如是。
语源
  1. Old English metan 'measure, determine the quantity of', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meten and German messen 'to measure', from an Indo-European root shared by Latin meditari 'meditate', Greek medesthai 'care for', also by meet

mete2
[miːt]
noun
  1. (一般作 metes and bounds)(chiefly historical)a boundary or boundary stone
    (主史)边界,界线;界石
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin meta 'boundary, goal'
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