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BNC: 11827 COCA: 8470

retaliation

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re·tal·i·a·tion /rɪˌtæliˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]  
REVENGEaction against someone who has done something bad to you 报复，反击 → revenge
in retaliation (for something)
 This action was undoubtedly in retaliation for last week’s bomb attack.
这个行动无疑是对上周炸弹袭击事件的报复。
retaliation against
 the threat of massive retaliation against British troops
要对英军进行大规模报复的威胁
Examples from the Corpus
retaliation• Some people were beginning to talk about retaliation or revenge against the authorities responsible.• City officials denied any retaliation but said they approved the settlement because they feared higher costs from a protracted legal battle.• Over the following weeks, Portadown loyalists harassed the police in retaliation for what they claimed was police persecution.• In retaliation, the emperor gathered fifty pagan scholars, then challenged her to a religious debate.• There was a psychological as well as a military problem involved in massive retaliation.• military retaliation• Alarmed by the case, foreign governments are talking of retaliation.
massive retaliation• The strategy would later be called massive retaliation.• There was a psychological as well as a military problem involved in massive retaliation.• The alternative is massive retaliation by missiles aimed at the enemy's cities, which will stay put.• Dulles called the policy massive retaliation.• In its first test massive retaliation had won a victory.• Dulles used massive retaliation as the chief instrument of containment.
re·tal·i·a·tion noun
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See also: retaliate

BNC: 11827 COCA: 8470
retaliation

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + RETALIATION | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤massive大規模的反擊➤brutal, violent兇殘的／暴力報復➤physical武力報復▸➤swift快速反擊➤immediate, instant立即施加的報復➤possible可能的報復◇contingency plans to deter possible nuclear retaliation防止可能出現的核報復的應急計劃➤economic, trade經濟／貿易報復➤military軍事報復▸➤nuclear核報復VERB + RETALIATION➤invite, prompt, provoke, trigger引來報復；激起反擊◇a casual remark that brought swift retaliation from her boyfriend立刻招來她男友反駁的一句無心之語➤face面臨報復◇She may face retaliation for speaking out.由於直言，她可能會遭到報復。➤suffer遭到報復◇He knows he will suffer retaliation.他知道自己會遭到報復。➤threaten威脅報復▸➤fear害怕報復PREPOSITION➤in retaliation反擊◇He never said a single word in retaliation.他從未說過一句反擊的話。➤in retaliation for為了報復◇They killed two men in retaliation for a bomb attack the previous day.為了報復前一天的炸彈襲擊，他們殺死了兩個人。➤retaliation against向⋯的報復◇Retaliation against government troops is feared.人們害怕政府軍會受到報復。➤retaliation by, retaliation from⋯實施的報復◇the possibility of retaliation by other governments其他政府報復的可能性➤retaliation for為⋯的報復行動◇retaliation for the bombing of civilians為平民遭到轟炸而報復PHRASES➤an act of retaliation報復行動▸➤retaliation in kind以牙還牙◇They decided not to use chemical weapons as retaliation in kind.他們決定不使用化學武器進行以牙還牙式的報復。
BNC: 11827 COCA: 8470
retaliation noun
⇨ revenge
BNC: 11827 COCA: 8470
retaliation
Revenge: revenge, vengeance, retribution...

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