reprisal

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of retaliation. countable,uncountable
  2. Something taken from an enemy in retaliation. archaic,countable,uncountable
  3. The act of taking something from an enemy by way of retaliation or indemnity. archaic,countable,uncountable
    — debatable ground, on which incursions and reprisals continued to take place

词形变化

reprisals plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antireprisal counterreprisal letter of marque and reprisal nonreprisal

词源

From Anglo-Norman reprisaille (French représaille), from Old Italian ripresaglia (Italian rappresaglia), from ripreso, past participle of riprendere (“to take back”), from Latin reprendere, earlier reprehendere (see reprehend).
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