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retaliate
v. 报复,报仇,回敬

词形变化:

形容词:retaliative 名词:retaliation 动词过去式:retaliated 过去分词:retaliated 现在分词:retaliating 第三人称单数:retaliates

例句与用法:

  1. He sought every opportunity to retaliate on his persecutors.
    他寻求每一个机会向迫害他的人们复仇。
  2. He slapped his sister, who retaliated by kicking him.
    他打了妹妹一巴掌, 他妹妹回敬他一脚.
  3. If we impose import duties, other countries may retaliate against us.
    我们若徵收进口税, 别的国家就可能报复我们.

英英解释:

动词 retaliate:

  1. take revenge for a perceived wrong
  2. 同义词:revenge, avenge
  3. make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
  4. 同义词:strike back