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Latin Influenced Kind 8628.Retaliation 英 Rɪ,Tælɪ'Eɪʃn]美 释义 N

正面 8628.retaliation
英 [rɪ,tælɪ'eɪʃn]美

背面
释义:
n. 报复;反击;回敬
例句:
1. Community and church leaders have appealed for calm and no retaliation.社区和教会领袖呼吁各方保持冷静,不要采取报复行动.

1、flame + glare.2. perhaps influenced by both flame and Latin flare (pp. flatus) "blow".

retaliation (n.)1580s, noun of action from Late Latin retaliare "pay back in kind," from re- "back" (see re-) + Latin talio "exaction of payment in kind," from or influenced by talis "suchlike" (see that). Originally used both in good and evil senses."

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