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Reciprocate Return Action   [V Reciprocation 英 Rɪ'Sɪprəkeɪt] 美 Rɪ'Sɪprəkeɪt

英语单词 reciprocate
英美音标 英 [rɪ'sɪprəkeɪt] 美 [rɪ'sɪprəkeɪt]
中文释义 v.互换;交换;报答;往返运动
英语例句 (1) Some day I will reciprocate your kindness to me.
(2) We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate!
中文例句 (1) 总有一天我会报答你对我的恩德。
(2) 我们经常宴请邻居,可他们从来不报答我们。
vocabulary简明 You reciprocate when you return a favor, return a compliment, or respond "the same to you" to the angry guy in the car you just passed. In short, you react to an action, statement, or emotion by mirroring it.
vocabulary扩展 This one comes from the Latin verb reciprocare, meaning to move back and forth. Its root makes it sound as if reciprocate implies only a physical action, but it's also used for the less tangible. If you fail to pay the rent, your landlord might reciprocate by evicting you. If your crush acts like he doesn't know you exist when you pass him in the halls, it's probably safe to say he does not reciprocate your amorous feelings.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]回报;报答 If your feelings or actions towards someone are reciprocated, the other person feels or behaves in the same way towards you as you have felt or behaved towards them.
  [V n]
  [V by -ing]
  • ...he reciprocated Mr Prescott's good wishes...

    他对普雷斯科特先生的良好祝愿报以同样的祝福

  • Their attraction to each other as friends is reciprocated...

    作为朋友,他们相互吸引着对方。

  • He needs these people to fulfill his ambitions and reciprocates by bringing out the best in each of them.

    他需要这些人去实现他的雄心壮志,作为回报,他也会让他们充分施展各自的才能。

reciprocation
  • There was no reciprocation of affection.

    喜欢并非相互的。

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