| 词汇 | retaliate |
| 释义 | retaliate verb[ I ] uk /rɪˈtæl.i.eɪt/ us /rɪˈtæl.i.eɪt/ 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 firing 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。 Synonyms fight back hit back Compare avengeformal revengeverb Revenge and vengefulness avenge avenger bite bite back (at someone/something) counter-retaliation eye fix karma medicine pay pay someone/something back reprisal retaliation retaliatory strike that will show someoneidiom tit for tat two can play at that gameidiom vengeance vengeful Related wordretaliation retaliate | American Dictionaryretaliate verb[ I ] us/rɪˈtæl·iˌeɪt/ to hurt someone or do something harmful to someone because that person has done or said something harmful to you: His first instinct was to retaliate against the attacks. retaliationnoun[ U ]us/rɪˌtæl·iˈeɪ·ʃən/ She said she was fired in retaliation for her reports of illegal business practices earlier this year. Examples of retaliateretaliate The government retaliated by escalating the scale and intensity of violence against rural areas and rebellious military units. However, when they took one day's action at the end of last year, their employer retaliated by locking them out and dismissing them all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On the other hand, labour retaliated by gutting the highest wages possible through its trade unions, giving as little as it could in return. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know of no horse who has ever taken anybody's life, although horses have retaliated by giving somebody a kick in the pants. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then, when the enemy retaliated, one used something heavier, and then the enemy used something heavier, and so on right up the escalator. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we have applied sanctions and tried to starve him out, and he retaliates, are you not driving him to war? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You impose your tariffs; the other party retaliates and destroys some of your industries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, and this was about 100 years ago, some sturdy spirits retaliated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In other words, it opens the way to another country retaliating—and retaliating in quite different circumstances—with only a slight modification of the words used. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are a trading nation, and if we start retaliating we may do ourselves more damage than we do to our competitors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must never be part of an alliance which retaliates to threats by brandishing nuclear arms or nothing at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The children retaliated by flicking darts or throwing inkwells. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After a long and disastrous strike and after taking off the subsidy we retaliated by raising the hours of labour of our own coal workers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, other countries have already retaliated against import controls that we have not imposed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are retaliating against us, and the mining industry is suffering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of retaliate These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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