retaliate
柯林斯詞典
1. V-I If you retaliate when someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return. 報(bào)復(fù)
I was sorely tempted to retaliate. 我非常想報(bào)復(fù)。
The company would retaliate against employees who joined a union. 該公司將對(duì)加入工會(huì)的員工們進(jìn)行報(bào)復(fù)。
2. retaliationN-UNCOUNT 報(bào)復(fù)
Police said they believed the attack was in retaliation for the death of the drug trafficker. 警方說(shuō)他們認(rèn)為這起襲擊是為那個(gè)毒販的死而實(shí)施的報(bào)復(fù)。
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retaliate /r??t?l??e?t/ (retaliating,retaliated,retaliates)
劍橋詞典
- to hurt someone or do something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you
報(bào)復(fù);反擊
If someone insults you, don't retaliate as it only makes the situation worse . 如果別人侮辱了你,不要報(bào)復(fù),因?yàn)檫@樣只會(huì)使情況變得更糟。
The demonstrators threw rocks at the police , who retaliated by fir ing blanks into the crowd . 示威者向警察投擲石塊,警察則還以顏色,向人群發(fā)射空彈。
The terrorists retaliated against the government with a bomb attack . 恐怖分子實(shí)施了一次炸彈襲擊來(lái)報(bào)復(fù)政府。 返回 retaliate