penal

/ˈpiː.nəl/

形容词

产生有害影响的；使处于不利地位的；苛刻的
Employees regarded the childcare charges as penal.
员工们认为托儿费很苛刻。
刑罚的；惩诫（性）的
He had been in and out of penal institutions (= prison) from the age of 16.
他自16岁起多次被捕入狱。