在刑事司法方面,我们希望使惩罚严厉到足以阻止犯罪,但不要严厉到让罪行相对较轻的罪犯都挤满我们的监狱。
On the criminal justice side, we hope to make punishment tough enough to discourage crime but not so tough as to clog our prisons with relatively minor offenders.
美国将执行力度与惩罚严厉程度都急速提高。
It has sharply increased both enforcement and the severity of punishments.
我最近与一个美国全国广播公司的员工见面,他说他觉得一项惩罚严厉的法律判决会向技术产业发出一个信号,即不要再提供这类的服务了。
Irecently met an NBC employee who told me that hethought that a severe, punishing legal judgment would send a message to thetech industry notto field this kind of service anymore.
Their first act of defiance is punished harshly.
他们首次的违背受到了严厉的惩罚。
That is to say,the reward of good behavior the admiration and the honor that a hero gets, and the most serious punishment he can suffer is to be shamed in front of that community.
也就是说,对正面行为的犒赏,就是得到如英雄般的尊敬和仰慕,而最严厉的惩罚,就是在集体面前当众蒙羞
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