資料來源 : pyDict
刑罰的,懲罰性的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Punitive \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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
punitive
adj : inflicting punishment; "punitive justice"; "punitive
damages" [syn: {punitory}] [ant: {rehabilitative}]