柯林斯詞典retaliate /r??t?l??e?t/ (retaliating,retaliated,retaliates) 1. V-I If you retaliate when someone harms or annoys you, you do something which harms or annoys them in return. 報複 I was sorely tempted to retaliate. 我非常想報複。 The company would retaliate against employees who joined a union. 該公司將對加入工會的員工們進行報複。2. retaliationN-UNCOUNT 報複 Police said they believed the attack was in retaliation for the death of the drug trafficker. 警方說他們認爲(wèi)這起襲擊是爲(wèi)那個毒販的死而實施的報複。 返回 retaliate劍橋詞典to hurt someone or do something harmful to someone because they have done or said something harmful to you 報複；反擊 If someone insults you, don't retaliate as it only makes the situation worse . 如果別人侮辱了你，不要報複，因爲(wèi)這樣衹會使情況變得更糟。 The demonstrators threw rocks at the police , who retaliated by fir ing blanks into the crowd . 示威者曏警察投擲石塊，警察則還以顔色，曏人群發(fā)射空彈。 The terrorists retaliated against the government with a bomb attack . 恐怖分子實施了一次炸彈襲擊來報複政府。 返回 retaliate