retaliate

retaliate
[rɪˈtalɪeɪt]
verb
  1. [no obj.]make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack
    报复，复仇
    the blow stung and she retaliated immediately.
    这一打击刺痛了她，于是她立即报复。
    ■[with obj.](archaic)repay (an injury or insult) in kind
    (古)就（伤害，侮辱）进行报复
    they used their abilities to retaliate the injury.
    他们凭借自己的能力对这一伤害进行 报复。
派生
retaliation
noun
retaliative
adjective
retaliator
noun
retaliatory
adjective
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from Latin retaliat- 'returned in kind', from the verb retaliare, from re- 'back' + talis 'such'
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