retaliate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront. intransitive
    — John insulted Peter to retaliate for Peter's acid remark earlier.
  2. To repay or requite by an act of the same kind. transitive
    — One ambassador sent word to the duke's son that his visit should be retaliated.

词形变化

retaliates present,singular,third-person retaliating participle,present retaliated participle,past retaliated past

词汇关系

衍生词
retaliatingly retaliation retaliative retaliator retaliatory unretaliated unretaliating

词源

From Latin retāliātus, past participle of retāliō (“to requite, retaliate”).
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