| 词汇 | reprisal |
| 释义 | reprisal noun[ C or U ] uk /rɪˈpraɪ.zəl/ us /rɪˈpraɪ.zəl/ (an example of) activity against another person, especially as a punishment by military forces or a political group: （尤指军事或政治的）报复，报复行动 economic/military reprisals经济／军事报复 They promised that individuals could live freely without fear of reprisal from the military.他们承诺说，人们可以自由生活，不必担心军方的报复。 The attack was in reprisal for the kidnapping of their leaders.这次袭击是对他们领导人被绑架的报复。 Revenge and vengefulness avenge avenger bite bite back (at someone/something) counter-retaliation eye fix karma medicine pay pay someone/something back retaliate retaliation retaliatory strike that will show someoneidiom tit for tat two can play at that gameidiom vengeance vengeful reprisal | American Dictionaryreprisal noun[ C/U ] us/rɪˈprɑɪ·zəl/ an act of damage or injury against an enemy in reaction to an act of damage or injury done to you: [ U ]Employees didn’t speak out about the company’s pollution for fear of reprisal. Examples of reprisalreprisal In most states, payers in both federal and private sectors can deny payment for required emergency screening and treatment without fear of reprisal. With rampant unemployment and a surplus of labor, many workers desisted from joining unions out of fear of such reprisals. Even by the most permissive coding, only ten first-wave respondents refused to be re-interviewed due to fear of political or criminal reprisals. The workers stayed in the vicinity of their factories which may have afforded them some protection against police reprisals. Seemingly paralysed and unprepared, the regency bowed to the inevitable dismissal, and were spared any reprisals. This would prevent mass reprisals against the machadistas. Fuelled by rumours circulating about the poor treatment of ' traitors ', some returnees also feared reprisal. In the realm of the girl group song, one conversationalist might tread acoustically on the toes of another without fear of reprisal. Indeed, it was because of this sanctification that they could betray codes of genteel conduct without reprisal. It was no coincidence that he referred to these reprisals not as retaliation but as peacetime military operations. He notes the reluctance of many people to be interviewed out of fear of reprisals. In case of major conflicts they would have no way of escaping reprisal from family members or neighbours. Hundreds of lives were lost in these reprisals. Its operation warfare entailed resistance and war, should the federal government undertake military action and reprisals against it. In any case it was difficult to imagine a reprisal using them as targets. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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