punishing

动词 punish:

1. impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on
   同义词：punish, penalize, penalise

形容词 punishing:

1. resulting in punishment
2. characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
   同义词：arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, toilsome

1. Punishing the demonstrators is self-defeating because it only encourages further demonstrations.
   惩治示威群众可谓事与愿违，因为这反而会激发起更多的示威游行。
2. If you had come to class late yesterday, you might have been punished by the teacher.
   假使你昨天上课来晚了，那末你就可能被老师责罚。
3. His admission that he was to blame kept the others from being punished.
   他承认自己有错而使其馀的人免於受罚。