retaliation

英 [rɪˌtæliˈeɪʃn]

美 [rɪˌtæliˈeɪʃn]

n.  报复

复数：retaliations　

GRE法律

BNC.11827 / COCA.8470

牛津词典

noun

• 报复
  action that a person takes against sb who has harmed them in some way
  1. retaliation against UN workers
     对联合国工作人员的报复
  2. The shooting may have been in retaliation for the arrest of the terrorist suspects.
     枪击事件可能是对逮捕嫌疑恐怖分子进行的报复行动。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 报复;反击
  If youretaliatewhen someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return.
  1. I was sorely tempted to retaliate...
     我非常想报复。
  2. Christie retaliated by sending his friend a long letter detailing Carl's utter incompetence...
     为了报复，克里斯蒂给他朋友寄了一封长信，细述卡尔完全不称职。
  3. The militia responded by saying it would retaliate against any attacks...
     民兵组织回复说他们会对任何进攻予以反击。
  4. They may retaliate with sanctions on other products if the bans are disregarded.
     如果这些禁令被置之不理，他们可能会采取报复措施，对其他商品进行制裁。

英英释义

noun

• action taken in return for an injury or offense
  Synonym:revenge

双语例句

• But this bold declaration is immediately qualified: nuclear retaliation might follow if those non-nuclear attacks would be devastating.
  但报告随即对这一大胆声明加以限制：如果上述非核攻击具有毁灭性，那么美国有可能展开核报复。
• In a separate complaint to the Department of labor, he says his dismissal was retaliation for his allegations.
  本-阿兹在向美国劳工部（departmentoflabor）的另一份投诉中称，德银解雇他是对其投诉的报复。
• They killed two men in retaliation for a bomb attack the previous day.
  为了报复前一天的***袭击，他们杀死了两个人。
• They staged these attacks in retaliation for attacks on their own civilians.
  他们发动这些攻击是因为他们自己的平民百姓遭到攻击而实施报复。
• The bomb attack was in retaliation for the recent arrest of two well-known members of the terrorist organization.
  ***袭击是对最近两名知名的恐怖主义组织成员被捕的报复。
• The national security adviser implicitly condoned their retaliation.
  那位国家安全顾问含蓄地宽恕了他们的报复行为。
• This raised trade barriers in the US and set off a flurry of tit-for-tat retaliation around the world.
  这提高了美国的贸易壁垒，并在世界各地引发了一波针锋相对的报复行动。
• Beijing has built a reputation for rapid but controlled retaliation during trade disputes.
  北京在历次贸易争端中建立了报复快速而有节制的声誉。
• That raises the prospect of a new round of Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks and Israeli retaliation.
  这就可能发生又一轮的巴勒斯坦火箭和迫击炮袭击，和以色列进行反击。
• When this happen, the Berserker attacks any nearby creature without suffering retaliation.
  当这发生时狂战士会对身边的部队发动一次无反击的攻击。