mulct
英 [m?lkt]
美[m?lkt]
- vt. 搶奪，詐取；處以罰金
- n. 罰金
GRE
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?mulcts;過去式:?mulcted;過去分詞:?mulcted;現在分詞:?mulcting;
英文詞源
- mulct (v.)
- late 15c., "to punish by a fine," from Middle French mulcter "to fine, punish" (15c.), from Latin mulctare, altered (Barnhart calls it "false archaism") from multare "punish, to fine," from multa "penalty, fine," perhaps from Oscan or Samnite [Klein]. Sense of "defraud" is first recorded 1748. Related: Mulcted; mulcting.
雙語例句
- 1. The under age drinker's parents will be notified of the mulct.
- 那些未成年飲酒者的父母將會被告知來支付罰金。
來自辭典例句