mete

• vt. 给予；分配；测量
• n. 边界；测量
• n. (Mete)人名；(意、土、乍、中非)梅特

来自古英语metan,测量，分配，估计，来自PIE*med,测量，词源同measure,medical.引申词义合理的惩罚，给予惩罚。

1. a line that indicates a boundary

mete

mete: see meet

mete (v.)

"to allot," Old English metan "to measure, mete out; compare, estimate" (class V strong verb; past tense mæt, past participle meten), from Proto-Germanic *metan (cognates: Old Saxon metan, Old Frisian, Old Norse meta, Dutch meten, Old High German mezzan, German messen, Gothic mitan "to measure"), from PIE *med- "to take appropriate measures" (see medical). Used now only with out. Related: Meted; meting.

mete (n.)

"boundary," now only in phrase metes and bounds, late 15c., from Old French mete "limit, bounds, frontier," from Latin meta "goal, boundary, post, pillar."

Severe penalties were meted out by the court.

法庭判定予以严惩。

牛津词典

the violence meted out to the prisoners

施加在囚犯身上的暴力

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The writer hopes this article is helpful to criminate and mete punishment in legal practice.

笔者希望本文能在司法实践中对司法机关正确地定罪量刑有所帮助.

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God mete out justice in his own good time.

羞恶自有报,只争迟与早.

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Mete out rewards to sb.

给某人奖赏.

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But we must recognize that our human frailty makes it challenging to mete out true justice.

但我们需要认清人性的弱点使公义的彰显充满挑战.

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It does, however, mete out plenty of perspective.

不过, 它的判决很多观点.

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For with the same measure that ye mete withal It'shall be measured to you again.

因为你们用甚么量器量给人,也必用甚么量器量给你们.

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Schools should not mete out physical punishment to children.

学校不应该体罚学生.

《简明英汉词典》

No, in your heart you devise injustice , and your hands mete out violence on the earth.

不然, 你们是心中作恶.你们在地上秤出你们手所行的强暴.

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Duly mete out rewards and punishments.

有赏有罚.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

I will estimate the size of the garden at 1000 square mete.

我估计这个花园的面积有1千平方米.

英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语

You did not know the measure you were going to mete me.

因为您不知道您要用什么量器量给我.

辞典例句

He saddled Mutz, promising to mete out cruel punishment to the thief.

他跨上马,保证要狠狠地治那个贼子.

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