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