[mass noun]the infliction or imposition of a penalty as retribution for an offence 处罚;刑罚 crime demands just punishment. 犯罪该得到应有的处罚。 ■the penalty inflicted 受到的处罚(或惩罚) she assisted her husband to escape punishment for the crime. 她帮着有罪的丈夫逃脱惩罚。 [count noun]he approved of stiff punishments for criminals. 他赞成对罪犯严惩不贷。 ■(informal)rough treatment or handling inflicted on or suffered by a person or thing (非正式)粗暴的待遇(或处理);损害 your machine can take a fair amount of punishment before falling to bits. 你的机器还能折腾一番才会散架。
语源
late Middle English: from Old French punissement, from the verb punir (see punish)