| 词汇 | retaliating |
| 释义 | retaliating present 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 retaliatingretaliating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. One child may believe he or she would be justified in retaliating, whereas the other rules this out on ethical grounds. He does not believe, however, that we can infer the morality of retaliating from the morality of threatening to thus retaliate. These will be the people who will prevent you from retaliating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It continues to be an incentive to retaliate, and it gives rise to people getting together and eventually retaliating by violence. 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 It was put to me this morning on one programme that some price might be paid for not retaliating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some of us want this country to start retaliating itself. 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 It is no good retaliating if that does more damage to us than good. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It says that we should consult before legislating, negotiate before litigating, compensate before retaliating and comply at any rate. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is not just a question of having the ultimate means of defending ourselves and of retaliating against a first strike. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fighting men have to meet danger; it is their duty; but at any rate they sometimes have the chance of retaliating on a brutal enemy who may attack them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This week's peace agreement was possible only because of the increased resolve that the international community recently demonstrated in retaliating against aggression and attacks on the safe areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After retaliating and striking the man unconscious, she joins a group of smugglers and pirates. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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