punish
gb/pˈʌnɪʃ/ us/pˈʌnɪʃ/
B1
อังกฤษ
~ 4700
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำกริยา
B1
action
1
Make someone suffer for wrongdoing
To make someone suffer because they did something wrong or broke a rule.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to punish [someone] for [something]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners sometimes confuse 'punish' with 'hurt'. 'Punish' is about giving a penalty for bad behavior, not just causing pain without reason.
คำพ้องความหมาย
penalize (More formal; often used in legal, sports, or official contexts.)
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discipline (Often used for correcting children or subordinates; can imply guidance as well as punishment.)
คำตรงข้าม
reward (The opposite action of giving something good for good behavior instead of causing suffering for bad behavior.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
punish severely
|punish harshly
|punish offenders
|punish crime
|punish wrongdoing
หัวข้อ
law
|discipline
|behavior
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The school decided to punish the students who cheated on the exam.
- The government will punish anyone caught smuggling goods.
- Parents sometimes punish their children by taking away privileges.
- The judge punished the company for violating safety regulations.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The teacher will punish the boy for hitting another student.
- My parents punish me when I lie.
- The police punish people who break the law.
- We must punish bad actions to keep order.
คำกริยา
B2
action
2
Cause someone to suffer consequences
To make someone have bad results because of what they did.
รูปแบบการใช้:
to punish [someone] by [doing something]
คำพ้องความหมาย
penalize (Can be interchangeable in some contexts; often used in formal or official situations.)
คำตรงข้าม
benefit (To give an advantage or good result instead of a negative one.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
punish economically
|punish politically
|punish financially
หัวข้อ
consequences
|behavior
|core_vocabulary
ตัวอย่าง
- The voters punished the mayor by not re-electing her.
- The market punished the company for its poor earnings report.
- History will punish those who ignore human rights abuses.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The team was punished by losing their best player.
- The boss punished him by giving him more work.
- The store punished customers by raising prices.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
punish
IPA
GB/pˈʌnɪʃ/
US/pˈʌnɪʃ/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
pun - ish (2 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (pun)
รูปคำ
Verb
- Base: punish
- 3rd Person Singular: punishes
- Present Participle: punishing
- Past: punished
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
Forms
punishes
verb
punishing
verb
punished
verb
Core family
punishment
noun B1
punishable
adjective
Related words
punitive
adjective C1
punisher
noun
Negative and opposite forms
unpunished
adjective
Advanced or less common
impunity
noun C1
punitively
adverb C1
วลีและสำนวน
punish oneself
1/pˈʌnɪʃ wˌʌnsˈɛlf/
fixed phrase
Make oneself suffer for guilt
To make yourself feel bad or suffer because you think you did something wrong.
ตัวอย่าง
- She kept punishing herself for a mistake she made years ago.
- Stop punishing yourself over something you couldn't control.
punish with impunity
1/pˈʌnɪʃ wˈɪθ ɪmpjˈunɪti/
fixed phrase
formal
Punish without fear of reprisal
To punish someone without any risk of being punished yourself.
ตัวอย่าง
- The regime punishes dissenters with impunity.
- No one should be able to punish others with impunity.