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mete /miːt/ verb 1 mete something ↔ out phrasal verb formal PUNISHif you mete out a punishment, you give it to someone 给予〔惩罚〕 to He felt he had a right to mete out physical punishment to the children. 他觉得他有权体罚这些孩子。 Judges are meting out harsh sentences for car theft. 法官对汽车盗窃罪判得很重。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusmete• Did the world always mete out just deserts?• The gods could be publicly called upon to mete out justice.• But as regards its prisons and its meting out of justice, it is clearly having difficulty living up to that image.Origin mete Old English metan “to measure”mete verbChinese you punishment, you if Corpus out a to it mete give |