Not only can we never find the "perfect" punishment, our search for optimum penalties is complicated by our desire for fairness: to let the punishment fit the crime.

我们不仅永远找不到“完美”的惩罚，我们对最优惩罚的追寻也因我们对公平的渴望而复杂化：让惩罚与罪行相称。

Can we make the punishment fit the crime?

我们能使惩罚与犯罪相称吗？

By contrast, the American way of venting anger on the Internet has everything to recommend it. It is peaceable, legal, funny and makes the punishment fit the crime.

相比之下，美国人在互连网上发泄怒气的方式则值得借鉴。这种行为和平、合法、有趣，且罪罚相当。

The punishment must always fit the crime.

刑罚必须总是量罪而定。

The punishment should fit the crime.

罚宜当罪。

The punishment ought to fit the crime.

罚需当罪。

We should fit the punishment to the crime.

我们应该根据罪行量刑。

The Securities and Exchange Commission is struggling to find the punishment to fit the crime.

证券交易委员会正力图找到合适的刑罚定罪。

The punishment should fit the crime, not your frustration level.

惩罚必须和错误的程度而不是你感到挫败的程度相符。