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词汇 riposte
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riposte

noun
/rɪˈpɒst/
/rɪˈpəʊst/
(formal)
  1. a quick and clever reply, especially to criticism机敏的回答;巧妙的反驳 synonym retort
    • a witty riposte机智的回答
  2. a course of action that takes place in response to something that has happened反应;回应
    • The US delivered an early riposte to the air attack.美国对空袭很快作出了反应。
  3. 词源early 18th cent.: from French risposte (noun), risposter (verb), from Italian risposta ‘response’.

riposte

verb
/rɪˈpɒst/
/rɪˈpəʊst/
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they riposte
/rɪˈpɒst/
/rɪˈpəʊst/
he / she / it ripostes
/rɪˈpɒsts/
/rɪˈpəʊsts/
past simple riposted
/rɪˈpɒstɪd/
/rɪˈpəʊstɪd/
past participle riposted
/rɪˈpɒstɪd/
/rɪˈpəʊstɪd/
-ing form riposting
/rɪˈpɒstɪŋ/
/rɪˈpəʊstɪŋ/
  1. to make a quick and clever reply to somebody/something, especially to a criticism机敏的回答;巧妙的反驳
    • riposte + speech ‘You are as ill-informed as usual,’ she riposted. “你和往常一样消息不灵通,”她反驳道。
    • riposte that… At once he riposted that his country had no link with insurgents.他立刻回击说,他的国家与叛乱分子没有联系。
    • riposte with something The MP riposted with some more, quite different, statistics. 这位议员用一些更不同的统计数据进行了回击。
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