penal

英 [ˈpiːnl]

美 [ˈpiːnl]

adj.  惩罚的; 刑罚的; 应受刑罚的; 严重的; 严厉的

TOEFL法律

Collins.1 / BNC.7321 / COCA.13769

牛津词典

adj.

• 惩罚的；刑罚的
  connected with or used for punishment, especially by law
  1. penal reforms
     刑罚改革
  2. the penal system
     刑罚制度
  3. Criminals could at one time be sentenced to penal servitude (= prison with hard physical work) .
     曾经有个时期，罪犯可以被判服劳役刑。
  4. a penal colony (= a place where criminals were sent as a punishment in the past)
     罪犯流放地
• 应受刑罚的
  that can be punished by law
  1. a penal offence
     刑事犯罪
• 严重的；严厉的
  very severe
  1. penal rates of interest
     很重的利率

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 处罚的；刑罚的
  Penalmeans relating to the punishment of criminals.
  1. ...director-general of penal affairs at the justice ministry.
     司法部刑事处处长
  2. ...penal and legal systems.
     刑罚和司法体制
• ADJ （机构或地区）关押服刑人员的
  Apenalinstitution or colony is one where criminals are kept as punishment.
  1. ...imprisoned on an island that has served as a penal colony since Roman times.
     被关押在自罗马时代以来就一直作为罪犯流放地的小岛上

英英释义

adj

• subject to punishment by law
  1. a penal offense
  Synonym:punishable
• serving as or designed to impose punishment
  1. penal servitude
• of or relating to punishment
  1. penal reform
  2. penal code

双语例句

• International Society of Penal Military Law and Law of War
  刑事诉讼法（法典）国际军事刑法和战争法学会
• Penal damages for wrongful termination The illegality which is short of punishment should be ground for elimination of illegality.
  不当地终止合约的惩罚性赔偿缺乏可罚的违法性应当是违法性阻却事由。
• The detention centers came under criticism from penal reformers.
  拘留所受到刑事改革者的批评。
• In the past, attempts to commit murder were punishable by penal servitude for life.
  过去，企图谋杀是可以用终身服劳役处罚的。
• Penal redress requires full compensation of the injured person as an instrument for punishing the offender.
  刑事救济中所规定的对受害人进行的充分赔偿同时也是作为对行为人的处罚。
• Emperor of the Qin Dynasty Han since also made a major reform of the Penal Code.
  汉文帝对秦代以来的刑法也作了重大改革。
• There was a clearing up of the penal code;
  它对刑法典进行了清理；
• The article mainly analyses women's status in Qing Dynasty from the viewpoint of penal law, civil law and lawsuit.
  从刑事、民事和诉讼三个主要法律视角分析清法典，藉此考察清代妇女的社会地位。
• In the Qing dynasty, the officials's penal system includes two parts: disciplinary sanction and penal punishment.
  清代官吏惩戒制度分为行政处分、罚制裁两大类别。
• The chief aims of the penal system are to deter the potential lawbreaker and to reform the convicted offender.
  刑罚制度的主要目的是阻止潜在的违法者，并改造已判的违法者。