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词汇 retributively
释义 retributively
adverb
 formaluk /rɪˈtrɪb.jə.tɪv.li/ us /rɪˈtrɪb.jə.t̬ɪv.li/
in a way that relates to deserved and severe punishment:
They believe in dispensing justice retributively, and that message has been well received in some sections of the public.
She argued that it was correct for serious crimes to be punished retributively.
The militia group launched a series of what they saw as retributively motivated attacks against the government forces.
From a moral point of view, you have to say that this is a retributively unfair punishment.
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