| 词汇 | retorted |
| 释义 | retorted past simple and past participle ofretort retort verb[ T ] uk /rɪˈtɔːt/ us /rɪˈtɔːrt/ to answer someone quickly in an angry or funny way: （愤怒或风趣地）反驳，回嘴 [ + speech ]"That doesn't concern you!" she retorted.“那不关你的事！”她反驳道。 Synonyms answer(REACT) rejoin reply Compare respond to answer someone answer"Thank you", she answered. replyThe man replied that something was missing. respondWe aim to respond to all enquiries within five working days. reactHe reacted positively to the proposal. get back toI'll look into it and get back to you. explain"What happened?" she asked. - "There's no time to explain!" he said. Answering & responding affirmatively answer answer the door clap back clapback comeback counter counterattack field I take/plead the Fifth (Amendment)idiom in the affirmative interview keep (someone/something) away non-respondent non-responder non-response rejoin respondent response riposte Examples of retortedretorted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. He retorted that inequality was a necessity, because it was an incentive to work harder, but was also natural. Second, it may be retorted that it is the strong, not the truth-functional, reading of "if" that is an artifice. The envoys retorted that this was inadequate. He felt this so keenly that he retorted with a flat denial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His remarks about fatuity were wrong and unjust and could be retorted on his own comments on the matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have retorted, also with some justification, that closing tax loopholes effectively places extra taxes on business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be retorted that, if this is so, the new clause would do no harm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I retorted that professional writers tend to he frequent, if rather laborious, speakers, and that no one ever said that they spoke particularly well. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be retorted that it is an unpopular measure, and that there is no great enthusiasm for it amongst any section of the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The company retorted by putting the advertisement on the sails of a boat, but the vigilantes boarded the boat, bored a hole in it and sank it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We might have retorted, when at the beginning of his term of office, he said he had found the forces overstretched, that our predictions had come out right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When contacted, the firework company that had made the delivery retorted that, as far as they were concerned, the purchaser could have had 20 tonnes had he so wanted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The stork retorted by inviting the fox to supper and giving him his sustenance in a long-necked vessel from which the fox was unable to get anything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His brother retorted that the boats would be delivered in the morning regardless of the threatening message. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The first retorted that the second should fly off his ground. 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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