Word · Frequency #13793
retaliate
报复；回敬；以牙还牙
核心释义
作不及物动词时常与 against 连用；作及物动词时表示回敬。
retaliate
- 1.
为报复某种伤害而做有害或负面的事；以同样方式反击或回应伤害或冒犯。
To do something harmful or negative to get revenge for some harm; to fight back or respond in kind to an injury or affront.
- 2.
以同样行为回报或报答。
To repay or requite by an act of the same kind.
为报复某种伤害而做有害或负面的事；以同样方式反击或回应伤害或冒犯。；以同样行为回报或报答。；报复；回敬；以牙还牙
用法In use
After their team scored, the opposing players decided to retaliate by playing more aggressively.
用法提示：此处 retaliate 作不及物动词，表示“报复、以牙还牙”。
She felt insulted by the comment but chose not to retaliate with a harsh reply.
用法提示：这里 retaliate 是不及物动词，表示“回敬、报复”。
The company retaliated against its competitor by lowering prices temporarily.
用法提示：此处 retaliated 是过去式，作不及物动词，后接 against，表示“报复”。
retaliate against sb/sth
against 后接报复的对象；该动词常用作不及物，后面也可不带任何成分，直接说 retaliate。
The government retaliated against the neighboring country's trade restrictions.
政府对邻国的贸易限制进行了报复。
retaliate by doing sth
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- retaliate against someone
- 对某人进行报复
- She waited for the right moment to retaliate against her critics.她等待合适的时机对批评者进行报复。
- retaliate in kind
- 以同样的方式报复
- The players were told not to retaliate in kind when the opponents provoked them.球员们被告知，当对手挑衅时不要以同样的方式报复。
- retaliate by doing something
- 通过做某事进行报复
- The company retaliated by cutting his salary.公司通过削减他的工资进行报复。
- threaten to retaliate
- 威胁要进行报复
- North Korea threatened to retaliate if the sanctions were not lifted.朝鲜威胁说，如果制裁不解除，将进行报复。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆联想：被人打后“re-”再来一拳（tali≈打），即“报复、回敬”。注意是还击，不是先动手。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：新闻报道、官方声明、正式讨论 retaliate 通常用于正式或书面语境，比较常见于新闻报道、官方声明和法律/政治讨论中；日常对话中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Late, relate and translate rhyme with one another (stressed /leɪt/), but they do not rhyme with retaliate, whose main stress is on the second syllable: /rɪˈtælieɪt/. Communicate has a different final /keɪt/. Negotiate and appreciate share the '-iate' spelling but end in /ʃieɪt/, whereas retaliate ends in /lieɪt/, so they are useful lookalikes with a warning: do not pronounce the 'ti' in retaliate as /ʃ/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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