in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 penalise
- VERB 惩罚;处罚
If a person or group is penalized for something, they are made to suffer in some way because of it.
- Some of the players may, on occasion, break the rules and be penalized...
这些球员中有些偶尔可能会违规而受罚。 - Use of the car is penalized by increasing the fares of parking lots...
通过提高停车费,变相制裁车辆的使用。 - Bad teaching is not penalized in a formal way.
教学质量低下没有受到正式处罚。