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

• 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。
• 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。
• They have threatened to retaliate against the US for the bombing raid.
  他们威胁说要报复美国的轰炸。
• He had authorisation from the military command to retaliate
  他得到军事指挥部授权，准备反击。
• 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。
• I feel retaliate just love that have after the love is injured!
  当爱受伤之后再有的爱情我觉得只是报复！
• 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。
• NOTE: People and nations only rise in vitriolic complaint against Israel when Israel dares to retaliate against murder and destruction!
  注：人民和各民族的崛起，只有在硫酸投诉，对以色列的时候，以色列胆敢对打击报复谋杀和破坏！
• If we raise our import duties on their goods, they may retaliate against us.
  如果我们提高他们货物的进口税，他们可能向我们报复。
• But remember that these nations can also retaliate in WTO-consistent ways.
  但要记住，这些国家也可通过符合世贸组织规则的方式实施报复。