It was unfair to punish them.

惩罚他们是不公平的。

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Two sides almost never change: that you can manipulate people into self-sufficiency and that you can punish them into good citizenship.

有两方面几乎从未改变过：一是你可以操纵人们让他们自给自足，二是你可以惩罚他们使其成为好公民。

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Does it follow that we shouldn't punish them?

接下去是不是就可以说我们不应该惩罚这些行为？

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I told them to please be quiet or I would punish them.

VOA: special.2009.05.03

The likelihood of them torturing these people - not just for information, but just because they want to punish them - is also very,very high."

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

The War Department sent General George Crook to punish the Indians and force them back to their reservation.

VOA: special.2010.04.08

"That the state has the responsibility to punish them, that is one thing, " he said.

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And I know that somewhere, somehow, Microsoft will punish them for making this decision.

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And if the Republicans have gone mad, won't voters punish them for their extremism?

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