penal

英 [ˈpiː.nəl]      美 [ˈpiː.nəl]
  • adj. 刑事的;刑罚的
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penal 惩罚的,处罚的

来自拉丁语poena,处罚,惩罚,来自希腊语poine,处罚,罚金,来自PIE*kwei,弥补,支付,赎罪,词源同pain,punish.

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").
1. the penal system
刑罚制度
2. Parliament may legislate on any matter of penal law.
议会可以对刑事法律的任何事项立法.
3. The punishments for robbery and murder are prescribed in the penal code.
对抢劫和凶杀的惩罚在刑法中有明文规定.
4. He visited various penal institutions in the United Kingdom in the late 1930s.
20世纪30年代末他探访了英国各种各样的服刑机构。
5. After his experience in jail , he has a pretty jaundiced view of the penal system.
经历了牢狱生活之后, 他对刑罚制度颇有成见.

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