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

• 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。
• Once this united front is formed, those reactionary capitalists guilty of the worst crimes will be isolated, and the state will be in a strong position to mete out due punishment, such as fines, confiscation, arrest, imprisonment or execution, without much opposition.
  只要形成了这个统一战线，那些罪大恶极的反动资本家就会陷于孤立，国家就能很有理由地和顺利地给他们以各种必要的惩处，例如逮捕、徒刑、枪决、没收、罚款等等。
• 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；
• Governments have been reluctant to criticise each other in public, let alone to mete out fines.
  各国政府连公开地互相批评都不愿意，更别说交罚款了。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• If the advertising agents run false advertisements, the consumers may request administrative departments to mete out punishment.
  广告的经营者发布虚假广告的，消费者可以请求行政主管部门予以惩处。
• The Methods make specific classifications of illegal acts related to invoices, mete out more severe punishment of illegal acts than the original Methods;
  《办法》对发票违法行为作了较具体的划分，对各类违法行为的处罚都较《原办法》更为严厉；