| 单词 | reprisal |
| 释义 | reprisalreprisal /rɪˈpraɪzəl/ noun [countable, uncountable] an act of violence or other strong reaction, to punish your enemies or opponents for something they have done SYN retaliation: reprisal against reprisals against unarmed civilians They didn’t tell the police for fear of reprisal. He was shot in reprisal for killing a rival gang member. [Origin: 1400–1500 Old French reprisaille, from Old Italian, from riprendere to take back] |
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