動詞 punish:

1. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
   同義詞：punish, penalize, penalise

形容詞 punishing:

1. resulting in punishment
2. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
   同義詞：arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome

1. Punishing the demonstrators is self-defeating because it only encourages further demonstrations.
   懲治示威群眾可謂事與愿違，因為這反而會激發(fā)起更多的示威游行。
2. If you had come to class late yesterday, you might have been punished by the teacher.
   假使你昨天上課來晚了，那末你就可能被老師責罰。
3. His admission that he was to blame kept the others from being punished.
   他承認自己有錯而使其馀的人免於受罰。