mete out punishment
collocation施以惩罚
The court meted out harsh punishment to the corrupt officials.
法院对腐败官员施以严厉惩罚。
分配；给予（尤指惩罚、奖赏）
meted — past of mete
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分配；给予（尤指惩罚、奖赏）
to dispense or allot something, especially punishment or reward
The teacher meted out a punishment to the student who cheated on the test.
老师对考试作弊的学生给予了惩罚。
分配；量出；给予(尤指惩罚、奖赏等)
To dispense, measure in order to dispense, allot (especially punishment, reward etc.).
mete
Base
原形
metes
3rd person
第三人称单数
meting
-ing
现在分词
meted
Past
过去式
meted
Past participle
过去分词
The committee metes out rewards fairly.
委员会公平地分配奖励。
She meted the punishment without mercy.
她毫不留情地施加了惩罚。
They are meting out strict penalties.
他们正在施加严厉的处罚。
mete 常与 out 连用，表示‘给予（惩罚或奖励）’，较正式。
The manager will mete out rewards to the team after the project succeeds.
项目成功后，经理将向团队分发奖励。
The principal is meting out detention to the students who broke the window.
校长正在给打破窗户的学生们安排留校处罚。
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施以惩罚
The court meted out harsh punishment to the corrupt officials.
法院对腐败官员施以严厉惩罚。
主持正义
The organization seeks to mete out justice for victims of discrimination.
该组织力求为歧视受害者主持正义。
给予奖赏
The manager meted out rewards to everyone who met their targets.
经理给每个达成目标的人给予了奖励。
加以责备
It is unfair to mete out blame without hearing both sides.
不听双方陈述就加以责备是不公平的。
执行纪律
The school decided to mete out discipline to the students involved in the prank.
学校决定对参与恶作剧的学生执行纪律。
给予；分配（尤指惩罚、奖赏等）
The court meted out a heavy sentence to the convicted man.
法院对被定罪者从重判刑。
主持正义；实施公正
The international tribunal was set up to mete out justice to war criminals.
设立国际法庭是为了对战犯绳之以法。
因为你们怎样论断人，也必怎样被论断；你们用什么量器量给人，也必用什么量器量给你们。
The judge decided to mete out a harsh sentence to the criminal.
法官决定对罪犯判处严厉的刑罚。
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谐音像 meet：犯了错，惩罚会‘遇见’你——mete out 就是按量给予惩罚或奖赏。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、news reporting、literary texts mete 多用于正式或书面语境，常见搭配 mete out，表示给予（惩罚、奖赏等）。日常口语中较少使用。
以上词都与 mete /miːt/ 押韵；mete 与 meet、meat 同音。注意：mete 看起来像 mate /meɪt/，但发音不同；met 读 /met/，也不押韵。
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