释义 |
reˈtaliative, a. [See retaliate v.1 and -ive.] Tending to, or of the nature of, retaliation; vindictive, revengeful.
1819Metropolis I. 260 My retaliative spirit..told me that it was beneath my dignity. 1833J. Martineau Ess. & Addr. (1890) I. 8 Unitarians are beginning to perceive the error of this retaliative logic. |