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词汇 example_english_threat-of-punishment
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threat of punishment

collocation in English

meanings of threatand punishment


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threat
noun[C]
uk /θret/ us /θret/
a suggestion that something unpleasant or violent will happen, especially if a particular action or order is ...
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punishment
noun
uk /ˈpʌn.ɪʃ.mənt/ us /ˈpʌn.ɪʃ.mənt/
the act of ...
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Examples of threat of punishment


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There might be a promise of glory or a threatofpunishment.
In conflicts between burghers, council mediation was usually concluded with a ritualistic handshake and the threatofpunishment in case of a repeat offence.
Some religions add a threatofpunishment, in this world, or the next, or both, to enforce the obligations founded in dependent moral status.
Duties forbid certain uses of the power in question, often under threatofpunishment, whereas disabilities invalidate (nullify) any attempt so to use that power.
Possibly there are persons utterly indifferent to the threatofpunishment or, at least, for whom the deed would be well worth the price.
While many move beyond the official 3 km perimeter set by the government, the threatofpunishment undoubtedly suppresses the amount of economic activity outside the camp boundaries.
Attracted to new and potentially dangerous situations and undaunted by the threatofpunishment, the fearless child may consistently exceed the limits of his parents' patience.
In conflicts between burghers, council mediation was usually concluded with the ritualistic shaking of hands and the threatofpunishment in case of a repeat offence.
Of course, we want compliance, but we shall not get compliance without the threatofpunishment.
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There was, he said, affection, sense of duty, altruism, public spirit or the threatofpunishment.
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The threatofpunishment may not be credible.
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No threatofpunishment would make them keep the goggles on, because they have to get on with their work.
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Secondly, we need to apply the threatofpunishment, particularly against dealers, as this will also have a preventative effect.
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Their results support earlier work in that rewards alone were insufficient in generating relative cooperative behavior - but rewards in combination with the threatofpunishment generated the most generous offers.
In public administration, a good system of connections and bureaucratic routine could provide support through personal influence to those who were clearly under threatofpunishment at other points.
Do you think there is nothing in a free society as compared with a bound association, bound by law and the threatofpunishment?
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All instructions connected with the fuel crisis must be carried out, not under threatofpunishment, but in accordance with the promptings of conscience.
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There should be some means of ensuring that people who use dangerous equipment can raise these issues without the threatofpunishment.
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And no power or threatofpunishment could cause me to decide otherwise.
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Common extrinsic motivations are rewards like money and grades, coercion and threatofpunishment.
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The threatofpunishment may worsen ethical behaviour rather than improve it.
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Those circumstances give the lie to those who keep insisting that it is not the threatofpunishment which deters, but the certainty of being caught.
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