| 单词 | retaliationist |
| 释义 | > as lemmasretaliˈationist retaliˈationist n. and adj. (a) n. a person who advocates retaliation, esp. (in the late 19th and early 20th centuries) an advocate of retaliation in kind against trade tariffs imposed by foreign countries; (b) adj. of or relating to retaliationists or their views. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution > advocate of retaliationist1881 retributivist1939 1881 Times 13 Aug. 10/2 In stead of being the one-sided freetrader which his expressed views would make him, he would profess himself..a retaliationist. 1881 Nation (N.Y.) 32 381 If the treaty be not concluded soon the retaliationist cry may become too strong to be resisted. 1918 W. H. Dawson Probl. of Peace xiv. 347 Our retaliationists admit this when they say that Germany must be crushed. 1945 Accounting Rev. 20 253/1 Englishmen did not fall for the free traders, retaliationists, imperial preferrers, tariff reformers, or whatever the name was. 2004 S. Hauwerwas Blackwell Compan. Christian Ethics viii. 106 Since it does not hold together the restorative and reformative aspects of reconciliation, the retaliationist understanding of retribution is not theologically defensible. < as lemmas |
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