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pu.ni.tiveH5pjU:7nI7tIv, $-tIvadjintended as a punishment惩罚性的The teacher has taken punitive action against the children who broke the rules.教师对于违反规则的孩子们采取了惩罚措施。The UN has imposed punitive sanctions on the invading country.联合国对于侵略国进行了惩罚性制裁。(law) She is suing the newspaper for $5 million punitive damages claiming they knew the article about her was untrue.她声称这家报纸知道关于她的那篇文章不真实，所以控告了报社，索取500万美元的惩罚性补偿费。(fig.) The President has threatened to impose punitive (= very severe and so causing difficult conditions) import duties/tariffs on a range of foreign goods.总统威胁说要向部分外国货物征收惩罚性进口关税。
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