mete

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++mete /miːt/ verb  1 mete something ↔ out phrasal verb formal PUNISHif you mete out a punishment, you give it to someone 给予〔惩罚〕 to He felt he had a right to mete out physical punishment to the children. 他觉得他有权体罚这些孩子。 Judges are meting out harsh sentences for car theft. 法官对汽车盗窃罪判得很重。→ See Verb table

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mete• Did the world always mete out just deserts?• The gods could be publicly called upon to mete out justice.• But as regards its prisons and its meting out of justice, it is clearly having difficulty living up to that image.Origin mete Old English metan “to measure”

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mete
mete /miːt/ verb
     
mete something ↔ out phrasal verb formal
  if you mete out a punishment, you give it to someone
    mete something ↔ out to
    He felt he had a right to mete out physical punishment to the children.
    Judges are meting out harsh sentences for car theft.

meteBrE /miːt/ 🔊NAmE /miːt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they mete BrE /miːt/ 🔊 NAmE /miːt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it metes BrE /miːts/ 🔊 NAmE /miːts/ 🔊past simple meted BrE /ˈmiːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmiːtɪd/ 🔊past participle meted BrE /ˈmiːtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmiːtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form meting BrE /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈmiːtɪŋ/ 🔊 ●ˌmete sth↔ˈout (to sb)(formal) to give sb a punishment; to make sb suffer bad treatment 给予惩罚；责罚；使受苦◆Severe penalties were meted out by the court. 法庭判定予以严惩。🔊🔊◆the violence meted out to the prisoners施加在囚犯身上的暴力