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单词 retaliatory
释义
retaliatory
adjective
uk
/rɪˈtæl.i.ə.tər.i/us
/rɪˈtæl.i.ə.tɔːr.i/
A retaliatoryactionis one that isharmfulto someone who has done something toharmyou:
报复的；回击的
retaliatorymeasures报复性措施
Heurgedpeoplenot toresortto retaliatoryviolence.他力劝人们不要以暴制暴。
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(Definition ofretaliatoryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

retaliatory| Business English

retaliatory
adjective
uk
/rɪˈtæliətəri/us
/rɪˈtæliətɔri/
used todescribeanactionthat isintendedtoharmsomeone who has done something toharmyou:
retaliatory action/measures/sanctionsThebillendstaxsubsidiesfor USexportersthatcausedretaliatoryactionbyEurope.
(Definition ofretaliatoryfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofretaliatory

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This work sheds light on the cognitive mechanisms inretaliatoryaggression.
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This is typically countered byretaliatorypublicity from the opposing side.
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The nuclear powers, relying on theretaliatorycapabilities of the strategic deterrent, regarded their territory as a sanctuarium.
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Insensitive items included some behaviors characteristic of the second and third factors in addition to punitive,retaliatorybehavior, and annoyance directed toward the baby.
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Moreover, the role of deviant peers may explain why victimized youth may engage in aggressive and delinquent behaviors that are notretaliatoryin nature.
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Furthermore, he noted thatretaliatoryaggression in response to threat often moves well beyond the defense of self to destruction of a threatening opponent.
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Because my students had attended class, therefore, none were vulnerable to theretaliatorymeasures that the university contemplated.
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Thus, the contribution of ethology has been to identify a type of aggressive behavior that is an emotionally frenzied self-defensive andretaliatoryresponse to the perception of threat.
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This work suggests that humans may be born with the aggressiveretaliatoryresponse in their repertoire and may acquire the capacity to inhibit that response during the course of development.
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The long-assumed tipping point of indigenous agro-pastoralism in the calamitous 1890s (rinderpest, rebellion andretaliatoryland seizures) is shown to have had a class and gender dimension.
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Albeit, these inclusions may not be used liberally by countries as there is always the risk ofretaliatorypolitical and economic punishment.
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The key aspect of reactive aggression is the response to threat, or, rather, the perception that one is under threat; hence, the term used isretaliatoryaggression.
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The war episode that is built into the type of equilibrium we have just described is not aretaliatorymove implemented to make good on a deterrent threat.
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This would have paved the way for a complete reformulation of the tariff reform programme based upon the essentially domestic applications of protectionist,retaliatoryand revenue-raising tariffs.
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In the conventional context of a high explosive strike or the quasi-conventional context of a chemical attack, we have absolutely noretaliatoryposture.
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