| 单词 | reciprocate |
| 释义 | reciprocate (once / 3271 pages) v You reciprocate when you return a favor, return a compliment, or respond "the same to you" to the angry guy in the car you just passed. In short, you react to an action, statement, or emotion by mirroring it. This one comes from the Latin verb reciprocare, meaning to move back and forth. Its root makes it sound as if reciprocate implies only a physical action, but it's also used for the less tangible. If you fail to pay the rent, your landlord might reciprocate by evicting you. If your crush acts like he doesn't know you exist when you pass him in the halls, it's probably safe to say he does not reciprocate your amorous feelings. WORD FAMILYreciprocate: reciprocated, reciprocates, reciprocating, reciprocation, reciprocative, reciprocatory+/reciprocated: unreciprocated/reciprocating: nonreciprocating/reciprocation: reciprocations USAGE EXAMPLES“I would be flabbergasted if the Russians didn’t reciprocate and expel 35 American officials from Russia,” Mr. Hall said. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) We couldn’t rectify his inability to reciprocate how I felt. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) When teachers attended performances, the students saw that the empathy was reciprocated. The New Yorker(Dec 07, 2016) 1v act, feel, or give mutually or in return We always invite the neighbors and they never reciprocate! Hypo|Hyper return return in kind redoundreturn or recoil act, move perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) 2v alternate the direction of motion of the engine reciprocates the propeller Hyper move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
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