| 词汇 | retaliated |
| 释义 | retaliated past simple and past participle ofretaliate 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 hit medicine mind pay pay someone/something back reprisal retaliate retaliation retaliatory tit for tat two can play at that gameidiom vengeance vengeful vengefully Related wordretaliation Examples of retaliatedretaliated In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. When all this failed, these soldiers retaliated through satirical songs. That is, the aggressive boys retaliated aggressively, and the nonaggressive boys withheld any retaliation. Unsurprisingly the angry monks retaliated, barring entry to the chapter to the bishop's clerks. The army retaliated aggressively with heavy ground re, air attacks, and the destruction of crops. Opponents retaliated likewise, branding the houses as unsaleable, 'monstrous', 'nothing less than large bird-cages'. The intendant retaliated quickly, arresting some of these "insubordinate" men. The government retaliated by escalating the scale and intensity of violence against rural areas and rebellious military units. Whigs, of course, retaliated in other ways. 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 So far we have been extraordinarily fortunate in that, whilst imposing tariffs against our friends, they have not retaliated. 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 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 Other countries which might have retaliated did not retaliate to anything like the extent we expected. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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