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(huì)給出自己的報(bào)複，這種情況可能會(huì)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(shuō)（說(shuō)或作應(yīng)許我），我要?dú)g樂(lè)。我要分開(kāi)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(hù)的購(gòu)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.