Retaliation
[rɪ,tælɪ'eɪʃn]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of retaliating, or of returning like for like; retribution; now, specifically, the return of evil for evil; e.g., an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
校對:菲利斯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Requital (of evil for evil), reprisal, retribution, repayment, revenge, punishment.
卡梅拉整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Revenge, repayment, retribution, requital, reprisals, reciprocation
ANT:Pardon, condonation, forgiveness, r_mission
整理:泰勒
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. The natural rock upon which is reared the Temple of Law.
校對:马里恩
例句/造句/用法:
- What strength had I to dart retaliation at my antagonist? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Now, with a start of inner wonder, Lily felt that her thirst for retaliation had died out. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- However well deserved this piece of retaliation might have been, it was as vindictive a one as could well have been resorted to. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Her retaliation was the most singular I could have imagined. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- But her reminder that they were in his wife's carriage provoked him to an impulse of retaliation. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Feeling indignant that he was not taken into his tutor's confidence, he set his wits to work to devise some proper retaliation for the slight. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The girl's flight enraged Fulbert, and he longed for vengeance, but feared to strike lest retaliation visit Heloise--for he still loved her tenderly. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The savage's bow, his hatchet, and his coat of skins, were sufficiently secured, without law, by the fear of personal resentment and retaliation. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
校對:奥菲莉娅