| 单词 | retaliatory |
| 释义 | retaliatory (once / 9958 pages) adj A retaliatory act is one that attempts to get even with someone or to punish them for some wrongdoing. When you shove your brother because he shoved you, that's retaliatory. Sometimes, wars are avoided because one country or group hesitates to attack another out of fear of a retaliatory strike. In fact, most wars consist of a long series of retaliatory actions — a bomb dropped to pay the enemy back for the bomb they dropped, and so on. Retaliatory comes from the verb retaliate, and the Latin root retaliare, "pay back in kind." WORD FAMILYretaliate: retaliated, retaliates, retaliating, retaliation, retaliator, retaliatory+/retaliation: retaliations/retaliator: retaliators USAGE EXAMPLESOn Thursday, President Obama ordered a sweeping set of retaliatory measures against Russia over the election hacking. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) On Friday, he promised to withhold retaliatory sanctions, clearly hoping the new Trump administration will nullify Mr. Obama’s acts. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The Kremlin spokesman said late Thursday that it would be up to Putin to draft retaliatory measures. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) adj of or relating to or having the nature of retribution Syn relatiative, retributive, retributory, vindicatory punitive, punitory inflicting punishment |
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