retaliatory

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Relating to or part of a retaliation.
    — The hostile forces were at an impasse; neither could attack with enough force and still defend against the retaliatory counterattack.

词形变化

more retaliatory comparative most retaliatory superlative

词汇关系

反义词
unretaliatory unretributive nonretaliatory nonretributive

词源

Etymology tree
English retaliate
Proto-Indo-European *-tōr
Proto-Italic *-tōr
Latin -tor
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Italic *-ios
Old Latin -ios
Latin -ius
Latin -tōriusder.
Middle English -orie
English -ory
English retaliatory
From retaliate + -ory.
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