penal
英 ['piːn(ə)l]
美['pinl]
	    - adj. 刑事的;刑罚的
 
助记提示
1、pen- + -al
		中文词源
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.
英文词源
- 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").
 
双语例句
- 1. the penal system
 - 刑罚制度
 
来自《权威词典》
- 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.
 
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
 
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
 
来自柯林斯例句
- 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.
 
来自《简明英汉词典》