punishable

punish /'pʌnÇʃ/ v

(က) ~ sb (for sth/ doing sth) (by/ with sth) အပြစ်ပေးသည်။ ပြစ်ဒဏ်ခတ်သည်။ ပြစ်ဒဏ် ကျခံစေသည်။ Those responsible for this crime will be severely punished. ❍ How should society punish a man for the murder of his wife/ for murdering his wife? ❍ She was punished with ten years in prison. ❍ They used to punish the children by sending them to bed early.
(ခ) ~ sth (by/ with sth) အပြစ်ပေးသည်။ ဒဏ်ခတ်သည်။ ဒဏ်တပ်သည်။ Aggressive behaviour should always be punished. ❍ punish dangerous driving with heavy fines.
❏ punishable adj ~ (by sth) ဒဏ်သင့်နိုင်သော။ အပြစ်ဒဏ် ထိုက်သော။ This crime is punishable by death in some countries. ❍ giving false information to the police is a punishable offence.
❏ punishing adj ပန်းလျထိခိုက်စေသော။ a punishing routine/ schedule ❍ a punishing defeat.
❏ punishment n
၁။ (က) [U] ပြစ်ဒဏ်ပေးခြင်း၊ ပြစ်ဒဏ် ကျခြင်း။ ပြစ်ဒဏ်။ to escape punishment ❍ capital punishment (ie punishment by death). See also CORPORAL PUNISHMENT (ခ) [C] ဒဏ်ခတ်မှု။ ပြစ်ဒဏ်။ The punishments inflicted on the children were too severe. ❍ The punishment should fit the crime.
၂။ [U] အကြမ်းပတမ်းဒဏ်။ He works as a miner, and his body has taken a lot of punishment over the years.