retaliate
柯林斯词典
1. V-I If you retaliate when someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return. 报复
I was sorely tempted to retaliate. 我非常想报复。
The company would retaliate against employees who joined a union. 该公司将对加入工会的员工们进行报复。
2. retaliationN-UNCOUNT 报复
Police said they believed the attack was in retaliation for the death of the drug trafficker. 警方说他们认为这起袭击是为那个毒贩的死而实施的报复。
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retaliate /rɪˈtælɪˌeɪt/ (retaliating,retaliated,retaliates)
剑桥词典
- to hurt someone or do something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you
报复；反击
If someone insults you, don't retaliate as it only makes the situation worse . 如果别人侮辱了你，不要报复，因为这样只会使情况变得更糟。
The demonstrators threw rocks at the police , who retaliated by fir ing blanks into the crowd . 示威者向警察投掷石块，警察则还以颜色，向人群发射空弹。
The terrorists retaliated against the government with a bomb attack . 恐怖分子实施了一次炸弹袭击来报复政府。 返回 retaliate