| 单词 | retaliate |
| 释义 | retaliate (once / 916 pages) v To retaliate means to get back at someone, usually through a counterattack. “Ned got hit with a cream pie, then he retaliated by throwing a bucket of Jell-O at his attackers.” When you see the prefix re in a word, it usually means back. To return, remember, regurgitate (yuck) — all of these verbs relate to doing something back. At the beginning of retaliate it means back, and the taliate means to pay, so what you’re talking about here is payback. If you’re doing something terrible to someone just because you want to, that’s doesn’t mean to retaliate. But, if you feel they’ve done something bad to you, and you’re just getting them back? That’s when you retaliate. WORD FAMILYretaliate: retaliated, retaliates, retaliating, retaliation, retaliator, retaliatory+/retaliation: retaliations/retaliator: retaliators USAGE EXAMPLESRohingya activists said that police retaliated by detaining all males older than 8 for two days. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) But in a surprise move, Mr. Putin said Russia wouldn’t retaliate by expelling U.S. diplomats. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) Though his foreign minister encouraged him to slap back at Washington for the sanctions imposed by Obama, Putin decided that Russia wouldn’t immediately retaliate. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1v make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing Syn|Hyper strike back hit, strike make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target 2v take revenge for a perceived wrong Syn|Hypo|Hyper avenge, revenge get back, get even take revenge or even out a score fix, get, pay back, pay offtake vengeance on or get even penalise, penalize, punish impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on |
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