Reward or punishment are meted out quite independent of human interference.
奖惩的实施是不受人意志支配的。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 35 Justice was done
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 刑罚，惩罚;严厉对待;<口>给吃苦头;
💡 punish惩罚+ment表名词 →处罚
"Hopefully his punishment will act as a deterrent to others."
对他的惩罚但愿能起到杀一儆百的作用。
近义：lesson, penalization, penalty, penance, sanction, chargeoff
反义：indulgence, indult, pardon, release, remise, remission
adj. 自主的;不相关连的;无党派的;不相干的人所做的（或提供的）;
n. 独立自主的人;无党派人士;
💡 in不+depend依靠+ent...的 → 不依靠的 → 独立的
"The evidence was corroborated by two independent witnesses."
此证据由两名独立证人提供。
近义：liberated, maverick, nonpartisan, autonomic, autonomous, indie
反义：associate, attache, provisionary, provisory, reliant, secondary
n. 人，人类;
adj. 人的;有人性的;显示人类特有弱点的;人本性的;
💡 hum土,地+an名词后缀，属于...的，传说人是由土造出的 → 人类
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老师打了个比喻，把人的心脏比作水泵。
近义：mortal
n. 报酬;报答;赏金;酬金;
vt. 酬谢，奖赏;报答，惩罚;
💡 阿姨(re)在病房(ward)里接受 奖赏和 酬劳 网友：88.66ip.com 补充：re(还给)+ward(我的):还给我的就是报酬
"a reward for good behaviour"
优秀行为奖
近义：award, please, recompense, reimburse, remunerate, repay
反义：penalise, penalize, reprehend, scourge, smite, thrash
adv. 相当，很;非常;确实如此;
💡 教室非常（quite）安静（quiet）
"The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical."
这个方案表面上看来似乎很实际.
近义：long, mighty, moderately, much, perfectly, pretty
反义：incompletely, approximately, insufficiently, miserably, nearly, poorly