参考词典中retaliate的常规释义:
基本释义
- vt. 报复,报仇,回敬
vi. 报复,以牙还牙,征收报复性关税
词形变化
- 时 态:re·tal·i·at·ed, re·tal·i·at·ing, re·tal·i·ates名 词:re·tal'i·a'tor形容词:re·tal'i·a'tive, re·tal'i·a·to'ry
参考例句
- He retaliated against these attacks with sarcasm.
他以讽刺回敬这些谴责。 - The striker provoke the police to retaliate.
罢工者煽动警察报复。
- He retaliated against these attacks with sarcasm.
英英解释
2个动词解释
- take revenge for a perceived wrong
[同] avenge, retaliate, revenge
[例]- He wants to avenge the murder of his brother
- make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
[同] retaliate, strike back
[例]- The Empire strikes back
- The Giants struck back and won the opener
- The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing
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