retaliation

英 [rɪˌtæliˈeɪʃn]

美 [rɪˌtæliˈeɪʃn]

n.  报复

复数：retaliations　

GRE法律

BNC.11827 / COCA.8470

牛津词典

noun

• 报复
  action that a person takes against sb who has harmed them in some way
  1. retaliation against UN workers
     对联合国工作人员的报复
  2. The shooting may have been in retaliation for the arrest of the terrorist suspects.
     枪击事件可能是对逮捕嫌疑恐怖分子进行的报复行动。

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

noun

• action taken in return for an injury or offense
  Synonym:revenge

双语例句

• That raises the prospect of a new round of Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks and Israeli retaliation.
  这就可能发生又一轮的巴勒斯坦火箭和迫击炮袭击，和以色列进行反击。
• But this bold declaration is immediately qualified: nuclear retaliation might follow if those non-nuclear attacks would be devastating.
  但报告随即对这一大胆声明加以限制：如果上述非核攻击具有毁灭性，那么美国有可能展开核报复。
• Clinton also said she would launch massive retaliation against Iran if it used nuclear weapons to attack Israel.
  克林顿参议员还说，如果伊朗使用核武器攻击以色列，她会对伊朗发动大规模的报复。
• They staged these attacks in retaliation for attacks on their own civilians.
  他们发动这些攻击是因为他们自己的平民百姓遭到攻击而实施报复。
• The new protectionism is always liable to be justified as retaliation for the bad faith of foreigners.
  这种新保护主义总是容易被作为对外国人不真诚行为的报复而找到理由。
• This raised trade barriers in the US and set off a flurry of tit-for-tat retaliation around the world.
  这提高了美国的贸易壁垒，并在世界各地引发了一波针锋相对的报复行动。
• They killed two men in retaliation for a bomb attack the previous day.
  为了报复前一天的炸弹袭击，他们杀死了两个人。
• Countries seeking to use the flexibilities under TRIPS fear they will be punished by trade sanctions imposed in retaliation.
  试图利用《与贸易有关的知识产权协议》灵活性的国家担心，他们会受到报复性贸易制裁的惩罚。
• Indeed, we are seeing signs that the global trading system is working well to prevent unreasonable trade retaliation.
  不过，世界银行研究显示，上个世纪30年代那种保护主义不会重现。的确，我们看到有迹象表明全球贸易体系正在采取措施，在防止不合理的贸易报复发挥良好作用。
• Employees Who Report Violations Will Be Protected from Retaliation.
  举报违规行为的员工将受到保护，免遭报复。