retaliate

retaliate

[ri'tælieit]

v.报复, 回敬

例句与用法：

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。

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。

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。

词形变化：

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

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vi.

报复; 回敬[(+against/on/upon)]

The terrorists retaliated by killing three policemen.

恐怖分子以杀死三名警察相报复。

vt.

就(伤害等)进行报复