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单词 retaliation
释义
retaliation
noun[U]
uk
/rɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/rɪˌtæl.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
theactofhurtingsomeone or doing somethingharmfulto someone because they have done or said somethingharmfulto you:
报复；反击
Thebombattackwasinretaliationfortherecentarrestof two well-knownterrorists.这次炸弹袭击是对最近逮捕两名著名恐怖分子的报复。
Shesufferedsevereretaliation for writingarticlesfor thenewspapers.她因给报纸写文章而遭到严重的报复。
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retaliate
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  • Thegovernmentfearsretaliation after theattacks.
  • They areangryabout alossofmanufacturingjobsand havethreatenedretaliation.
  • Heofferedtoprotectvictimsfrom retaliationfollowingcomplaints.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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  • avenger
  • bite
  • bite back (atsomeone/something)
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  • hit
  • medicine
  • mind
  • pay
  • paysomeone/somethingback
  • reprisal
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  • two can play at that gameidiom
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(Definition ofretaliationfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofretaliation

retaliation
However,retaliationagainst implicit environmental subsidies is not permitted under these rules.
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She does have a point when she stresses that 'the flexibility built into the original "massiveretaliation" doctrine' (p. 272) was soon forgotten.
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After such incidents, a wife is usually able to exercise greater autonomy without having to fear her husband'sretaliation.
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Inretaliation, the vine growers set fire to the merchants' warehouses, occupied city halls, and organized demonstrations.
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There was no electoralretaliationat the congressional level either.
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Optimal tariffs are difficult to implement in practice, given the possibility ofretaliationand the inefficiencies in disbursing the collected tariffs.
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Even if the plaintiff state retaliates at the end of the dispute, the effects ofretaliationwill most likely fall on other industries.
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That is, the aggressive boys retaliated aggressively, and the nonaggressive boys withheld anyretaliation.
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The takeover of fields under the provisions of the new law led to bitter recriminations, divorces (as retaliations against family groups) and other conflicts.
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Punishment is invariably costly to those who administer it, and hence, is altruistic, because it takes time and energy and invitesretaliation.
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Resistance and protest in response to being thwarted predateretaliation, but all occur in the first year.
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Results suggest that such programs might focus on adolescents' means-based judgments of the justifiability of aggressive behaviors andretaliation.
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There was a clash between two military needs-the need forretaliationand the long-term need for defensive arms.
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These works, known as zarzuelas costumbristas, were understood as a form of nationalistretaliationagainst foreign influence.
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Anyretaliationwe now engage in he assumes would be gratuitous cruelty.
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Collocationswithretaliation

retaliation

These are words often used in combination withretaliation.

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fear of retaliation
Thisfearofretaliationin future interactions, if one has not behaved well, creates a powerful incentive to cooperate.
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form of retaliation
I hope that it will not be necessary to have recourse to anyformofretaliation.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
massive retaliation
The first idea wasmassiveretaliation.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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