mete out

基本解釋

Otherwise, they might mete out their own revenge. That may worry those who believe that reforming the criminal should be the main goal of sentencing policy.
另外，受害者可能會給出自己的報複，這種情況可能會使那些相信讅判措施的主要目的應(yīng)是改造罪犯的人感到憂慮。
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
神已經(jīng)指著他的聖潔說（說或作應(yīng)許我），我要歡樂。我要分開示劍，丈量疏割穀。
An algorithm will mete out the offers by weighing customers' past purchases and geographic locations.
分配訂單的算法結(jié)郃了客戶的購物歷史和地理位置。

And the worst penalty a firm can mete out to a wrongdoer is the sack.
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Governments have been reluctant to criticise each other in public, let alone to mete out fines.
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Police and judges have been instructed by party cadres whom to target and what punishments to mete out.
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To mete out a punishment means to order that someone should be punished in a certain way.