retaliate

英 [rɪˈtælieɪt]

美 [rɪˈtælieɪt]

v.  报复; 反击; 复仇

过去式：retaliated　现在分词：retaliating　过去分词：retaliated　第三人称单数：retaliates　复数：retaliates　

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Collins.2 / BNC.13793 / COCA.12024

牛津词典

verb

• 报复；反击；复仇
  to do sth harmful to sb because they have harmed you first
  1. to retaliate against an attack
     对攻击进行还击
  2. The boy hit his sister, who retaliated by kicking him.
     男孩打了他妹妹，妹妹则回敬了他一脚。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 报复;反击
  If youretaliatewhen someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return.
  1. I was sorely tempted to retaliate...
     我非常想报复。
  2. Christie retaliated by sending his friend a long letter detailing Carl's utter incompetence...
     为了报复，克里斯蒂给他朋友寄了一封长信，细述卡尔完全不称职。
  3. The militia responded by saying it would retaliate against any attacks...
     民兵组织回复说他们会对任何进攻予以反击。
  4. They may retaliate with sanctions on other products if the bans are disregarded.
     如果这些禁令被置之不理，他们可能会采取报复措施，对其他商品进行制裁。

英英释义

verb

• make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
  1. The Empire strikes back
  2. The Giants struck back and won the opener
  3. The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing
  Synonym:strike back
• take revenge for a perceived wrong
  1. He wants to avenge the murder of his brother
  Synonym:revengeavenge

双语例句

• How can you be so passive? Why do not you retaliate?
  你怎麽能如此被动？你为什麽不报复？
• If they do not, they will force the us to retaliate.
  如果它们不这样做，将迫使美国采取报复措施。
• Our troops would retaliate in kind if attacked with chemical agents.
  如果受到化学武器的袭击，我们的军队将以牙还牙地回敬。
• They tried to get the harpoon into the ray before the sting tail came lashing over to retaliate
  他们试图把鱼叉刺进鳐鱼体内，以防它猛摆那蜇人的尾巴报复。
• The militia responded by saying it would retaliate against any attacks
  民兵组织回复说他们会对任何进攻予以反击。
• Nevertheless, Libya was quick to retaliate against this insult.
  尽管如此，利比亚对受到逮捕的侮辱迅速进行了报复。
• You retaliate by poisoning their products.
  你通过在他们的药里下毒来进行报复。
• Many warned this would prompt Beijing to retaliate.
  不少人士曾警告说，美国的举措可能引起北京报复。
• North korea'd have no grounds to retaliate.
  朝鲜就没有理由报复了。
• He had authorisation from the military command to retaliate
  他得到军事指挥部授权，准备反击。