PHRASAL VERB 以…方式给予惩罚 To mete out a punishment means to order that someone should be punished in a certain way. 以…方式给予惩罚 [formal] [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
His father meted out punishment with a slipper. [VERBPREP. noun]
他父亲用一只拖鞋进行惩罚。
...the two year sentence meted out to a convicted child molester. [VERB-ed]