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retaliation

/ɹɪˌtæliˈeɪʃən/

Meanings
noun

报复，反击，回击。

Violent or otherwise punitive response to an act of harm or perceived injustice; a hitting back; revenge.

Examples :

"After being teased relentlessly by classmates, the boy's retaliation was to spread rumors about them. "
在被同学们无休止地嘲笑后，那个男孩的报复行为是散布关于他们的谣言。
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Related Words

Illustration injustice

injustice noun

/ɪnˈdʒʌs.tɪs/

不公正，不公平，冤屈

"The unequal grading system in the school created a sense of injustice among the students. "

学校里不公平的评分制度让学生们感到一种不公正待遇。

Illustration hitting

hitting verb

/ˈhɪtɪŋ/

打，撞击

"The baseball player was hitting the ball hard. "

棒球运动员狠狠地击打着球。

Illustration revenge

revenge noun

/ɹɪˈvɛndʒ/

报复，复仇.

"Indifference is the sweetest revenge."

冷漠是最甜蜜的报复。

Illustration response

response noun

/ɹɪˈspɒns/

回应，答复。

"My teacher asked for a response to the question, so I wrote an answer on the board. "

我的老师让大家对这个问题做出回应，所以我把答案写在了黑板上。

Illustration relentlessly

relentlessly adverb

/ɹɪˈlɛntləsli/

毫不留情地，持续不断地。

"The student worked relentlessly on her project, staying up late every night. "

这个学生毫不留情地投入到她的项目中，每天晚上都熬夜到很晚。

Illustration violent

violent noun

/ˈvaɪ(ə)lənt/

施暴者，暴力分子

"The violent assaulted the student in the school hallway. "

施暴者在学校走廊里袭击了那个学生。

Illustration perceived

perceived verb

/pəˈsiːvd/ /pɚˈsivd/

感知，觉察，意识到。

"The student perceived the teacher's frustration by the tone of her voice. "

学生从老师的语气中察觉到了她的沮丧。

Illustration teased

teased verb

/tiːzd/

疏理，挑松。

"She carefully teased the cotton fibres apart to make them softer for the baby blanket. "

她小心地把棉纤维挑松，这样婴儿毯会更柔软。

Illustration otherwise

otherwise adjective

/ˈʌð.əˌwaɪz/

其他的，不同的。

"He said he didn’t do it, but the evidence was otherwise."

他说他没做过，但证据显示的情况却不是这样。

Illustration spread

spread noun

/spɹɛd/

扩散，传播

"The spread of the flu was rapid in the school this week. "

这周流感在学校里迅速蔓延。

Illustration punitive

punitive adjective

/pjunɪtɪv/

惩罚性的，处分的。

"The jury awarded $10,000 in punitive damages."

陪审团判决了1万美元的惩罚性赔偿金。

Illustration classmates

classmates noun

/ˈklɑːs.meɪts/

同学，同窗。

"My classmates and I are working on a group project for science. "

我和我的同学们正在一起做一个科学小组项目。