penal
🇺🇸
/ˈpiːnl/
🇬🇧
/ˈpiːnl/
adjective
R
relating to punishment, especially by law
The judge ordered the criminal to serve a period of penal confinement.
法官命令罪犯服刑。
R
subject to legal punishment
Smoking in public places is a penal offence.
在公共場所吸煙是違法行為。
R
extremely harsh or severe
The bank imposed penal rates on the overdue loan.
銀行對逾期貸款徵收罰息。
translation
刑法的, 應受懲罰的, 極其嚴厲的