Reward or punishment are meted out quite independent of human interference.
獎懲的實施是不受人意志支配的。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 35 Justice was done
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
n. 刑罰，懲罰;嚴厲對待;<口>給吃苦頭;
?? punish懲罰+ment表名詞 →處罰
"Hopefully his punishment will act as a deterrent to others."
對他的懲罰但愿能起到殺一儆百的作用。
近義：lesson, penalization, penalty, penance, sanction, chargeoff
反義：indulgence, indult, pardon, release, remise, remission
adj. 自主的;不相關連的;無黨派的;不相干的人所做的（或提供的）;
n. 獨立自主的人;無黨派人士;
?? in不+depend依靠+ent...的 → 不依靠的 → 獨立的
"The evidence was corroborated by two independent witnesses."
此證據由兩名獨立證人提供。
近義：liberated, maverick, nonpartisan, autonomic, autonomous, indie
反義：associate, attache, provisionary, provisory, reliant, secondary
n. 人，人類;
adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴，屬于...的，傳說人是由土造出的 → 人類
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老師打了個比喻，把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義：mortal
n. 報酬;報答;賞金;酬金;
vt. 酬謝，獎賞;報答，懲罰;
?? 阿姨(re)在病房(ward)里接受 獎賞和 酬勞 網友：88.66ip.com 補充：re(還給)+ward(我的):還給我的就是報酬
"a reward for good behaviour"
優秀行為獎
近義：award, please, recompense, reimburse, remunerate, repay
反義：penalise, penalize, reprehend, scourge, smite, thrash
adv. 相當，很;非常;確實如此;
?? 教室非常（quite）安靜（quiet）
"The scheme seems on the surface to be quite practical."
這個方案表面上看來似乎很實際.
近義：long, mighty, moderately, much, perfectly, pretty
反義：incompletely, approximately, insufficiently, miserably, nearly, poorly