[VERB 动词]报复;反击 If you retaliate when someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return.
[V]
[V by -ing]
[V against/for n]
[V with n]
I was sorely tempted to retaliate...
我非常想报复。
Christie retaliated by sending his friend a long letter detailing Carl's utter incompetence...
为了报复,克里斯蒂给他朋友寄了一封长信,细述卡尔完全不称职。
The militia responded by saying it would retaliate against any attacks...
民兵组织回复说他们会对任何进攻予以反击。
They may retaliate with sanctions on other products if the bans are disregarded.
如果这些禁令被置之不理,他们可能会采取报复措施,对其他商品进行制裁。
retaliation
Police said they believed the attack was in retaliation for the death of the drug trafficker.
警察说他们认为这次袭击是针对那个毒犯的死实施的报复。
Oxford
re·tali·ate/rɪˈtælieɪt; NAmErɪˈtælieɪt/verb[intransitive ]to do sth harmful to sb because they have harmed you first 报复;反击;复仇SYN
take revenge
retaliate(against sb/sth) ◆to retaliate against an attack对攻击进行还击retaliate(by doing sth/with sth) ◆The boy hit his sister, who retaliated by kicking him.男孩打了他妹妹,妹妹则回敬了他一脚。▶re·tali·atory/rɪˈtæliətri; NAmErɪˈtæliətɔːri/adjective◆retaliatory action报复行动retaliateretaliatesretaliatedretaliatingre·tali·ate/rɪˈtælieɪt; NAmErɪˈtælieɪt/re·tali·atory/rɪˈtæliətri; NAmErɪˈtæliətɔːri/
to do something bad to someone because they have done something bad to you → hit backretaliate by doing something The British government retaliated by breaking off diplomatic relations.retaliate against The army began to retaliate against the civilian population.
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