penal
penal
adjective
penally
adverb
语源
adjective
- of, relating to, or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system
（与）刑罚（有关）的；规定刑罚的
the campaign for penal reform.
为了刑罚改革而进行的运动。
■used or designated as a place of punishment
用作刑罚场所的
a former penal colony.
一个以前的流放地。
■(of an act or offence) punishable by law
（行为，罪行）当受刑罚的，应受处罚的
■(especially of taxation or interest rates) extremely severe
（尤指税收、利率）繁重的，苛刻的
penally
adverb
语源
- late Middle English: from Old French penal, from Latin poenalis, from poena 'pain, penalty'
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