with obj.(mete something out)
1- dispense or allot (justice, a punishment, or harsh treatment)施以, 给予（法律制裁, 惩罚, 虐待）：
he denounced the maltreatment meted out to minorities.
他谴责对少数民族的虐待。
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- (in biblical use) measure out〈圣经〉量出; 取出：
with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
你用何种量器量出, 量入予你亦必如是。
词源
Old English metan 'measure, determine the quantity of'， of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meten and German messen 'to measure'， from an Indo-European root shared by Latin meditari 'meditate'， Greek medesthai 'care for'， also by MEET2.