pu·ni·tive /ˈpjunətɪv/
 (a.)刑罰的,懲罰性的
 Pu·ni·tive a. Of or pertaining to punishment; involving, awarding, or inflicting punishment; as, punitive law or justice.
    If death be punitive, so, likewise, is the necessity imposed upon man of toiling for his subsistence.   -- I. Taylor.
    We shall dread a blow from the punitive hand.   --Bagehot.
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 punitive
      adj : inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive
            damages" [syn: punitory] [ant: rehabilitative]