短语a slap on the wrist的意思轻微的处罚;略予申斥
例句:
1. Now, Lisa has made a really serious blunder, but I'm sure he'll give her a slap on the wrist.
现在,丽萨出了一个真是非常严重的错误。 不过,我肯定他也只会轻描淡写地惩罚她一下。
2. Coen in 1621 massacred the inhabitants of one group of islands; he got a slap on the wrist.
1621年科恩屠杀了一处群岛的居民,却只受到轻微处罚。
其他例句:
But they did place restrictions on transfer spending and a reduction in the club’s squad size for the Champions League, but the punishment was like a slap on the wrist.
但是他们限制了俱乐部的转会花费,以及缩减了俱乐部的欧冠联赛的阵容,但这种惩罚的作用微乎其微。