strike back

英 [straɪk bæk]

美 [straɪk bæk]

反击; 回击

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 反击;回击
  If youstrike back, you harm or criticize someone who has harmed or criticized you.
  1. Our instinctive reaction when someone causes us pain is to strike back...
     当被别人弄疼时我们本能的反应是反击。
  2. Sometimes, Kappy got angry and struck back at him in whatever way she could...
     有时，卡皮被惹恼了就会不顾一切地反过来指责他。
  3. The president struck back at critics who say he should be held accountable for conditions that contributed to the riots.
     一些批评家指出总统应对导致骚乱局面的情形负责，总统对此予以驳斥。

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:retaliate

双语例句

• South Korea has vowed to strike back with jet fighters if attacked again by its neighbour, which has primitive nuclear warheads.
  韩国政府发誓如果朝鲜再一次攻击韩国，他们将用携带初级核弹头的战机进行反击。
• Where one gains in power, the other will strike back to defend itself and regain balance.
  一方获得了力量，另一方就会反攻，以保护自己、重获平衡。
• India's patience next time is not going to ponder escalatory ladders, and they are going to find a way to strike back.
  印度下一次就不会再有耐心担心战事升级的问题了，他们会想办法反击。
• They threatened to strike back against the UN for the bombing raids.
  对于这些轰炸，他们威胁要回击联合国。
• Mr Lee has threatened to strike back at North Korea if it attacks again.
  李明博已发出威胁称，如果朝方再次攻击，韩方将作出还击。
• Still others are finding new ways to strike back.
  还有一些商家正在寻找新方法来反击。
• He had been taught never to strike back.
  他受到的教育是绝不还击。
• The most vulnerable are also those least able to strike back.
  最脆弱的人也是最不善于反击的人。
• China said that would be an act of war and that it would take decisive action to strike back.
  中国表示，此举将意味着战争行为，中国将果断反击。
• Instead, Britain's official thinking is still based on ideas derived from the cold war: a time in which it seemed essential to convince the Kremlin that, if the Soviet Union were ever to nuke Britain, what was left of Britain could definitely strike back.
  然而，英国官方思维仍植根于冷战思想。在冷战时期，似乎绝对有必要让克里姆林宫相信以下这一点：假如苏联以核武器攻击英国，英国势必反击。