惩
punish; warn
Meanings
2 senses · 10 examplesverb
to punish; to penalize
formalUsed for imposing penalties on wrongdoers or violating rules.
We should punish evil and promote good to safeguard social justice.
The school will severely punish students who violate school rules.
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This policy aims to punish corrupt officials.
The law will impose severe penalties on criminal acts.
He was punished by the teacher for cheating.
verb
to warn; to learn from past mistakes
literaryUsed to refer to taking warning from past mistakes to avoid future errors.
This failure taught us to learn from the past and take precautions to avoid repeating the same mistakes.
The government launched new regulations to learn from past incidents and prevent similar safety accidents from happening again.
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We should learn from this pandemic and improve the public health system.
This lesson taught him to be cautious and never be careless again.
Enterprises need to learn from this crisis and optimize internal management processes.