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词汇 retaliate
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retaliate

verb
/rɪˈtælieɪt/
/rɪˈtælieɪt/
[intransitive]
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they retaliate
/rɪˈtælieɪt/
/rɪˈtælieɪt/
he / she / it retaliates
/rɪˈtælieɪts/
/rɪˈtælieɪts/
past simple retaliated
/rɪˈtælieɪtɪd/
/rɪˈtælieɪtɪd/
past participle retaliated
/rɪˈtælieɪtɪd/
/rɪˈtælieɪtɪd/
-ing form retaliating
/rɪˈtælieɪtɪŋ/
/rɪˈtælieɪtɪŋ/
  1. to do something harmful to somebody because they have harmed you first报复;反击;复仇 synonym revenge
    • retaliate (against somebody/something) to retaliate against an attack对攻击进行还击
    • retaliate (by doing something/with something) 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。
    • The police were pelted with stones and retaliated with tear gas.警方遭到石块攻击,以催泪瓦斯还击。
    • Ukraine threatened to retaliate by closing oil pipelines.乌克兰威胁要通过关闭石油管道进行报复。
    • The demonstrators retaliated by throwing stones and bricks.示威者投掷石块和砖块进行报复。
    • The police retaliated with tear gas.警察用催泪瓦斯进行报复。
    • They threatened to retaliate against the British.他们威胁要报复英国人。
    词源early 17th cent.: from Latin retaliat- ‘returned in kind’, from the verb retaliare, from re- ‘back’ + talis ‘such’.
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