每日學(xué)英語(yǔ)：A slap on the wrist 輕微的懲罰
2023-10-26 13:40:09 每日學(xué)英語(yǔ)
a slap on the wrist不是在手腕上打一下，引申意思是“象征性的懲罰、輕微的懲罰”。
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The fine they gave her is just more or less a slap on the wrist.
他們對(duì)她開出的罰金不過(guò)是一個(gè)輕微的警告而已。
I hoped the judge would send this guy to jail. But all he gave him was a slap on the wrist.
我希望法官會(huì)把這個(gè)人送進(jìn)監(jiān)獄。但他只是象征性地對(duì)他進(jìn)行了懲罰。