Retaliate
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v. 报复, 反击
- ［英］ v. 报复, 反击 ( to get revenge)
- ［类］ remuneration : service / retaliation : injury ( 服务得到报酬 / 伤害得到报复)
- ［记］ re ( 反) +tail ( 邪恶) +ate -> 把邪恶还回去 -> 报复
- ［同］ 参考: talisman ( 避邪物) ;retaliatory ( 报复性的)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
verb (-ated; -ating)
- Etymology: Late Latin retaliatus, past participle of retaliare, from Latin re- + talio legal retaliation
- Date: 1611
- transitive verb
- to repay (as an injury) in kind
- intransitive verb
- to return like for like; especially to get revenge
- Synonyms: see reciprocate
- ? retaliation noun
- ? retaliative adjective
- ? retaliatory adjective
