retaliation
n. 报复,反击
If you retaliate when someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return.
I was sorely tempted to retaliate...
我非常想报复。
Christie retaliated by sending his friend a long letter detailing Carl's utter incompetence...
为了报复,克里斯蒂给他朋友寄了一封长信,细述卡尔完全不称职。
1. action taken in return for an injury or offense
Chief Joseph feared retaliation by the government and tried to take his people to safety.
约瑟夫酋长担心政府会采取报复行动,于是想要把他的子民带到安全的地方.
What if the evil planned is truly colossal, or may even make retaliation impossible?
如果筹划中的邪恶力量将会大得惊人以致无法反击又该当 如何 ?
They killed two men in retaliation for a bomb attack the previous day.
为了报复前一天的炸弹袭击,他们杀死了两个人.
He never said a single word in retaliation.
他从未说过一句反击的话.
Retaliation only escalates a bully's aggression.
然而,一定要使学生知道:他不可用体力来对抗.