"to allot," Old English metan "to measure, mete out; compare, estimate" (class V strong verb; past tense m?t, past participle meten), from Proto-Germanic *metan (cognates: Old Saxon metan, Old Frisian, Old Norse meta, Dutch meten, Old High German mezzan, German messen, Gothic mitan "to measure"), from PIE *med- "to take appropriate measures" (see medical). Used now only with out. Related: Meted; meting.
mete (n.)
"boundary," now only in phrase metes and bounds, late 15c., from Old French mete "limit, bounds, frontier," from Latin meta "goal, boundary, post, pillar."
雙語例句
1. Schools should not mete out physical punishment to children.
學(xué)校不應(yīng)該體罰學(xué)生.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Duly mete out rewards and punishments.
有賞有罰.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
3. You did not know the measure you were going to mete me.
因為您不知道您要用什么量器量給我.
來自辭典例句
4. He saddled Mutz, promising to mete out cruel punishment to the thief.
他跨上馬,保證要狠狠地治那個賊子.
來自辭典例句
5. I will estimate the size of the garden at 1000 square mete.