Word · Frequency #15088
reprisal
报复；报仇
核心释义
a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime
- 1.
报复行为；反击行为。
An act of retaliation.
报复行为；反击行为。；报复；报仇；报复性劫掠；[法] 复仇；报复性暴力为
用法In use
After the ambush, the general ordered a reprisal against the enemy troops.
用法提示：reprisal指对敌人采取的报复性军事行动。
The villagers feared reprisals if they helped the resistance fighters.
用法提示：复数形式reprisals表达报复行为，此处指敌人可能采取的报复。
Attacking the civilian port would be a severe reprisal for the sinking of the naval ship.
用法提示：该词指针对敌方先前的行动所进行的报复。
in reprisal for sth
in reprisal for 是固定短语，表示“为了报复……”，for 后接名词或名词短语。
The attack was carried out in reprisal for the embassy bombing.
这次袭击是为了报复大使馆爆炸事件而实施的。
take reprisals against sb
take reprisals against 表示“对……采取报复行动”，reprisals 常用复数形式。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- in reprisal for
- 作为对…的报复
- The attack was carried out in reprisal for the bombing.这次袭击是为了报复那场爆炸。
- fear of reprisal
- 害怕报复
- Many witnesses did not testify for fear of reprisal.许多证人因为害怕报复而没有作证。
- take reprisals against
- 对…采取报复行动
- The government threatened to take reprisals against the rebels.政府威胁要对叛乱分子采取报复行动。
- military reprisals
- 军事报复
- The army launched military reprisals against the village.军队对村庄发动了军事报复。
- suffer reprisals
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：战时敌人抢占(prise)我物，我必回(re)敬一击——reprisal就是报复。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：military conflict、international relations、formal writing reprisal 通常用于正式语体，多用于描述战争或国际关系中的报复行为，比较常见于新闻或书面表达；日常口语中较少使用，口语中更常说 revenge 或 payback。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All six end in the same spelling '-sal', but none rhymes with reprisal /rɪˈpraɪzəl/. Appraisal, proposal, and refusal end in /zəl/, while dispersal, rehearsal, and reversal end in /səl/. The stressed vowel in each of these words is different from the /aɪ/ in reprisal, so they are lookalikes, not rhymes.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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