to severely punish

To begin with, relevant laws and regulations should be made to severely punish those who escape the responsibilities of caring for their parents.

首先，应当制定相关的法规，来严厉惩处那些逃避赡养父母责任的人。

In response, firms will need to be even more transparent in their dealings with customers, who will punish them severely if they fail to keep their promises.

作为回应，企业必须在它们与消费者的交易中更加透明，那些不遵守承诺的企业将会受到严厉的惩罚。

We should strengthen supervision and control by improving our institutions. And we ought to punish severely the enterprises of whom the misconducts are turned a deaf ear to.

要从制度上加强监管并且严惩，对于那些置若罔闻的企业必须进行重惩，奖罚分明才能形成正气。