mete out

基本解釋

Otherwise, they might mete out their own revenge. That may worry those who believe that reforming the criminal should be the main goal of sentencing policy.
另外，受害者可能會(huì)給出自己的報(bào)復(fù)，這種情況可能會(huì)使那些相信審判措施的主要目的應(yīng)是改造罪犯的人感到憂(yōu)慮。
God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth.
神已經(jīng)指著他的圣潔說(shuō)（說(shuō)或作應(yīng)許我），我要?dú)g樂(lè)。我要分開(kāi)示劍，丈量疏割谷。
An algorithm will mete out the offers by weighing customers' past purchases and geographic locations.
分配訂單的算法結(jié)合了客戶(hù)的購(gòu)物歷史和地理位置。

And the worst penalty a firm can mete out to a wrongdoer is the sack.
ECONOMIST: Hunting corporate criminals
Governments have been reluctant to criticise each other in public, let alone to mete out fines.
ECONOMIST: Charlemagne
Police and judges have been instructed by party cadres whom to target and what punishments to mete out.
ECONOMIST: China's new leaders

To mete out a punishment means to order that someone should be punished in a certain way.