他们呼吁当局将蓄奴定为一种应该受到惩罚的罪行。They called on the authorities to make slavery a punishable offence.等你爸爸回来, 你会为这事受惩罚的.When your father comes home, you'll swing for it!关于惩罚的理论有很多，虽形式略有不同，但其主旨都是一样的。Many theories on punishment ...

“惩罚的”的英语可以翻译为：castigatory，disciplinal，penitentiary，vindictive ...