mete out

英 [miːt aʊt]

美 [miːt aʊt]

（以某种方式）给予，祭出（惩罚）

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 以…方式给予惩罚
  Tomete outa punishment means to order that someone should be punished in a certain way.
  1. His father meted out punishment with a slipper.
     他父亲用一只拖鞋进行惩罚。
  2. ...the two year sentence meted out to a convicted child molester.
     对猥亵儿童犯处以两年的刑罚

英英释义

verb

• administer or bestow, as in small portions
  1. administer critical remarks to everyone present
  2. dole out some money
  3. shell out pocket money for the children
  4. deal a blow to someone
  5. the machine dispenses soft drinks
  Synonym:distributeadministerdealparcel outlotdispenseshell outdeal outdish outallotdole out

双语例句

• It was just the latest example of a growing phenomenon the Chinese call Internet hunting, in which morality lessons are administered by online throngs and where anonymous web users come together to investigate others and mete out punishment for offenses real and imagined.
  这是中国一种正在增长的一种被称作“网络搜捕”现象的最新案例：网络群氓执行一种道德教育，匿名的网络用户调查他人，给予他们真实或虚拟的惩罚。
• The excessive conquest will result in the wrath of nature and the wrathful nature may mete out severe penalties for human beings.
  人类对自然过度的征服最终会招致自然的愤怒，愤怒的自然会给予人类严厉的惩罚。
• Aggrandize the degree to mete out punishment to corruption and strengthen the construction of cadre troops;
  加大惩治腐败的力度，加强干部队伍建设；
• We seem to expect the course itself to mete out justice, with water hazards and bunkers placed in tough but fair positions;
  我看起来是期望球场符合我的公正标准，水障碍和沙坑摆放困难但却位置却公平；
• Measurement inspectors are responsible for circuit checking in the prescribed areas and places and may, within their stipulated authority, deal, on the spot, with violations of measurement laws and regulations and mete out administrative sanctions on the merit of each case.
  计量监督员负责在规定的区域、场所巡回检查，并可根据不同情况在规定的权限内对违反计量法律、法规的行为，进行现场处理，执行行政处罚。
• It may make it more difficult for defendants and their boards to mete out punishments.
  对被告银行及其的董事的量刑将更加困难。
• I confess such endless days and nights would be a punishment far greater than you could ever mete out.
  我承认那样的漫漫白日和长夜才是超乎你们所能给予的巨大的惩罚。
• They'll mete out more damage than any other class, but will be very weak in melee situations, wearing only cloth armor.
  他们能造成比其他任何职业都要大的伤害，但在肉搏战中将会非常脆弱，因为他们不能穿甲。
• The idea of justice is substantially divided into justice of isomerization, justice of allocation, justice of exchange and justice of effectiveness in cooperation, which, nevertheless, can only mete out the demand of the order and justice in the human world itself as a whole.
  本文认为，旧有的正义理念的核心是分，具体有分构的正义、分配的正义、交易的正义、合作有效性的正义，它们只能满足人域内部的秩序和公正需求；
• The article considered that professionalization of strong reciprocators and governmental strong reciprocity could mete out severe punishments to non-cooperators more effectively, and the cooperation makes society possible under compulsion.
  在此基础上，进一步认为，强互惠者的职业化以及政府型强互惠能更有效地对不合作者实施制裁，于是合作在强制下使得社会成为可能。