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今天我们要学的词是 punitive¹. Punitive 形容词，意思是惩罚性的。A California judge ruled that Ellen Pao may seek punitive damages in her gender² bias³ case against her employer. 美国加州一个法官裁决，鲍康如在控告雇主性别歧视一案中，可以寻求惩罚性赔偿。Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan recently said the solution to the anti-graft campaign should be more preventative than punitive. 尼日利亚总统乔纳森最近说，反腐行动的最佳途径是预防，而不是惩戒。好的，今天我们学习的词是 punitive, punitive, punitive...

1 punitive   

adj.惩罚的，刑罚的

参考例句：

• They took punitive measures against the whole gang.他们对整帮人采取惩罚性措施。
• The punitive tariff was imposed to discourage tire imports from China.该惩罚性关税的征收是用以限制中国轮胎进口的措施。

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

3 bias   

n.偏见，偏心，偏袒；vt.使有偏见

参考例句：

• They are accusing the teacher of political bias in his marking.他们在指控那名教师打分数有政治偏见。
• He had a bias toward the plan.他对这项计划有偏见。