单词	retaliate
释义	retaliatere‧tal‧i‧ate /rɪˈtælieɪt/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINretaliate Origin: 1600-1700 Late Latin past participle of retaliare, from talio ‘suitable punishment’ Verb Table VERB TABLE retaliate Simple Form Present I, you, we, they retaliate he, she, it retaliates Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they retaliated Present perfect I, you, we, they have retaliated he, she, it has retaliated Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had retaliated Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will retaliate Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have retaliated Continuous Form Present I am retaliating he, she, it is retaliating you, we, they are retaliating Past I, he, she, it was retaliating you, we, they were retaliating Present perfect I, you, we, they have been retaliating he, she, it has been retaliating Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been retaliating Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be retaliating Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been retaliating Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES He has promised to take tough measures to retaliate against extremists. I fully accept that it was wrong of the guards to retaliate with blows and kicks. In an interview, Tyson claimed he was retaliating for Holyfield's attack on him. Later that day, whites retaliated by killing a young black delivery driver. She decided not to retaliate physically, because it would put her in even greater danger. The government wants peace, but will not hesitate to retaliate if attacked. Walker retaliated only after Thomas hit him several times. When police tried to push back the crowd, a few youths retaliated by throwing stones at them. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A forgiving strategy is one that, although it may retaliate, has a short memory. Before Edward could retaliate, Bruce headed for Scone. Huggins acknowledged that some of his players retaliated at the end of the game when they were doused by fans. Le Saux was fined and banned for one match for retaliating off the ball. Sigibert retaliated by calling in his allies from across the Rhine. Young Oliver Rowntree, nursing his outrage, spent the summer brooding about what he could do to retaliate. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto attack someone because they attacked you► retaliate to attack someone because they have attacked you first: · The government wants peace, but will not hesitate to retaliate if attacked.· She decided not to retaliate physically, because it would put her in even greater danger.retaliate by doing something: · When police tried to push back the crowd, a few youths retaliated by throwing stones at them.· Later that day, whites retaliated by killing a young black delivery driver. retaliate against: · He has promised to take tough measures to retaliate against extremists. retaliate for (=because of what someone has done to you): · In an interview, Tyson claimed he was retaliating for Holyfield's attack on him.retaliate with: · I fully accept that it was wrong of the guards to retaliate with blows and kicks. ► counter-attack an attack that an army makes after it has been attacked by an enemy: · The enemy had started a vicious counter-attack, forcing the French into the woods.launch/mount a counter-attack: · Allied forces were regrouping in order to launch a counter-attack. ► hit back/strike back to attack a person or army that has attacked you first, especially in order to try and show that you are very strong and cannot be defeated: · The tanks and artillery will hit back hard if the ceasefire is broken.hit back/strike back with: · Less than 24 hours after this cross-border raid, army jets hit back with a devastating air strike.hit back/strike back at: · He suspected that the US would take the opportunity to strike back at the Axis forces. ► tit-for-tat : tit-for-tat killings/murders/response etc a killing, reaction etc done because someone has done something similar to someone in your group: · Any hope of peace is destroyed by these endless tit-for-tat attacks.· The murder is thought to have been a tit-for-tat response by the Mafia to an earlier gangland killing. to do something bad to someone because they have done something bad to you → hit backretaliate by doing something The British government retaliated by breaking off diplomatic relations.retaliate against The army began to retaliate against the civilian population.
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