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单词 retaliate
释义
retaliate
verb[I]
uk
/rɪˈtæl.i.eɪt/us
/rɪˈtæl.i.eɪt/
tohurtsomeone or do somethingharmfulto someone because they have done or said somethingharmfulto you:
报复；反击
If someoneinsultsyou, don't retaliate as it only makes thesituationworse.如果别人侮辱了你，不要报复，因为这样只会使情况变得更糟。
Thedemonstratorsthrewrocksat thepolice, who retaliatedbyfiringblanksinto thecrowd.示威者向警察投掷石块，警察则还以颜色，向人群发射空弹。
Theterroristsretaliatedagainstthegovernmentwithabombattack.恐怖分子实施了一次炸弹袭击来报复政府。
Synonyms
fight back
hit back
Compare
avengeformal
revengeverb
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Revenge and vengefulness
  • avenge
  • avenger
  • bite
  • bite back (atsomeone/something)
  • don't get mad, get evenidiom
  • eye
  • hit
  • medicine
  • mind
  • pay
  • paysomeone/somethingback
  • reprisal
  • retaliation
  • retaliatory
  • revenge
  • two can play at that gameidiom
  • vengeance
  • vengeful
  • vengefully
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retaliation
(Definition ofretaliatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

retaliate| American Dictionary

retaliate
verb[I]
us
/rɪˈtæl·iˌeɪt/
tohurtsomeone or do somethingharmfulto someone because thatpersonhas done or said somethingharmfulto you:
His firstinstinctwas to retaliate against theattacks.

retaliation

noun[U]us
/rɪˌtæl·iˈeɪ·ʃən/
She said she wasfiredin retaliation for herreportsofillegalbusinesspracticesearlierthisyear.
(Definition ofretaliatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofretaliate

retaliate
The government retaliated by escalating the scale and intensity of violence against rural areas and rebellious military units.
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However, when they took one day's action at the end of last year, their employer retaliated by locking them out and dismissing them all.
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On the other hand, labour retaliated by gutting the highest wages possible through its trade unions, giving as little as it could in return.
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I know of no horse who has ever taken anybody's life, although horses have retaliated by giving somebody a kick in the pants.
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Then, when the enemy retaliated, one used something heavier, and then the enemy used something heavier, and so on right up the escalator.
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If we have applied sanctions and tried to starve him out, and he retaliates, are you not driving him to war?
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You impose your tariffs; the other party retaliates and destroys some of your industries.
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However, and this was about 100 years ago, some sturdy spirits retaliated.
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In other words, it opens the way to another country retaliating—and retaliating in quite different circumstances—with only a slight modification of the words used.
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We are a trading nation, and if we start retaliating we may do ourselves more damage than we do to our competitors.
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We must never be part of an alliance which retaliates to threats by brandishing nuclear arms or nothing at all.
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The children retaliated by flicking darts or throwing inkwells.
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After a long and disastrous strike and after taking off the subsidy we retaliated by raising the hours of labour of our own coal workers.
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However, other countries have already retaliated against import controls that we have not imposed.
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They are retaliating against us, and the mining industry is suffering.
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