of, relating to, or prescribing the punishment of offenders under the legal system
(与)刑罚(有关)的;规定刑罚的
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the campaign for penal reform .刑罚改革运动。
used or designated as a place of punishment
用作刑罚场所的
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a former penal colony .一个以前的流放地。
(of an act or offence)punishable by law
(行为,罪行)当受刑罚的,应受处罚的。
(especially of taxation or interest rates)extremely severe
(尤指税收、利率)繁重的,苛刻的。
"late Middle English: from Old French