英语词汇“retaliate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

retaliateretaliate /rɪˈtæliˌeɪt/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYretaliate

Origin: 1600-1700 Late Latin, past participle of retaliare, from talio suitable punishment

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

to do something bad to someone because he or she has done something bad to you: retaliate by doing something The demonstrators retaliated by attacking the police station.retaliate against somebody The terrorists have threatened to retaliate against the government. [Origin: 1600–1700 Late Latin, past participle of retaliare, from talio suitable punishment]