retaliate

retaliate 基本解释

vt. 报复, 回敬
vi. 报复, 以牙还牙

retaliate 词性变化

过去式:retaliated 现在分词:retaliating 过去分词:retaliated 第三人称单数:retaliates 名词复数形式:retaliates

中文词源

retaliate 报复，反击

来自拉丁语 retaliare,偿还，返还，来自 re-,向后，往回，talis,同样，同类，来自 PIE*tod,指 示代词，词源同 this,that.即原样返还的，后用于指报仇，以眼还眼，以牙还牙。

词组短语

• occasion
• nation
• propeller
• congestion
• lax
• yell
• bilious
• rocky
• pall
• contrite
• dandy
• salubrious
• iceberg
• outcry
• squarely
• empower
• embezzle
• spurn
• tribunal
• bearing
• scorch
• muffled
• extricate
• scowl
• buy
• truant
• foresight
• boo
• fixed
• embrace
• patricide
• outfox
• upfront
• perfume
• concerted
• density
• embryological
• necklace
• sin
• flustered