To punish with a beating; thrash.

那一击简直把他打扁了。

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The bill creates an oversight board with the authority to investigate and punish accounting firms.

该法案创建了一个有权调查并处罚会计师事务所的监督委员会。

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Juries sympathetic to the victims of machines will punish entrepreneurs with company-crushing penalties and damages.

同情机器受害者的陪审团将会用足以摧毁公司的罚金和赔偿金来惩治企业家。

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And not only can you punish with death people who come after you seeking to take your life, you can also punish a thief who tries to steal your goods because that also counts as aggression against the law of nature.

不仅可以处死那些,跟踪你想谋害你的人，还可以惩罚想偷你东西的小偷,因为那也算侵犯了自然法。

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Jonathan Libby, a public defender representing Mr. Alvarez, said at oral arguments that while his client's lies may be contemptible, the harm they caused was too "diffuse" to punish with a criminal conviction.

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Which ones are safe to buy and which will punish you with capital losses?

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Participants were therefore paying to punish someone with whom they would not interact again.

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