punishment四级六级 /'pʌniʃmәnt/

The French measures, however, rely too much on severe punishment to change a culture that still regards beauty as skin-deep - and bone-showing.

然而，法国的措施过于依赖严厉的惩罚，以改变一种仍将美貌视为肤浅、并以显露骨骼为美的文化。

We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern, such as child labour, or increasing corporate giving by about 20% results in fines that generally are 40% lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials," says one researcher.

一位研究者表示："我们估计，无论是消除一个重大的劳工权利问题（如童工），还是将企业捐赠增加约20%，通常都会导致罚款比贿赂外国官员的典型惩罚低40%。"

But at least they have demonstrated that when companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them a less costly punishment.

但至少他们已经证明，当企业陷入法律麻烦时，良好的品行证据可以使他们获得成本更低的惩罚。