1·If you penalize employees more for failed action than for inaction, most employees will prefer to not take action rather than mess up.
如果员工因为行动失败所受处罚多于不行动，大多数员工都会宁愿不行动，也不愿将事情搞得一团糟。
2·More broadly, his proposal for carbon taxes has little to do with whether the planet is getting warmer or colder; it is simply a way to penalize, and therefore reduce, America's carbon consumption.
更广泛意义来看，他对碳税的提议无论对这个星球变冷还是变暖都没有太大作用；这仅仅只是一种处罚的方式，并因此减少美国的碳消费。
3·That is when a sudden encounter with guards who will penalize you and show you a way out can seem a nice present to you.
如果能突然遇到会处罚你，但同时会告诉你出去的路的警卫，看起来是再好不过的礼物。
4·How to penalize the luxury officers?
奢侈了怎么处罚？
5·Last but not least, we need to penalize those companies which breach laws and regulations severely and effectively curb the spread of the vulgar promotion of online games.
四是对违反相关法律法规，情节严重的，要坚决依法处罚，有效遏制网络游戏低俗推广现象的蔓延。