divine retribution• If California fell into the ocean, would it be divine retribution for making movies like this?• The boy's parents believe his illness is divine retribution for their sins.• The Four Horse Men of the Apocalypse apparently felt it inappropriate to arrive as a messenger of divine retribution.• Another piece of divine retribution for all those hours spent ticking others off came relatively recently.• It is, I suppose, divine retribution for the treatment your whiteness receives in certain doctors' surgeries.
Originretribution
(1300-1400)Late Latinretributio, from Latinretribuere“to pay back”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + RETRIBUTION | RETRIBUTION + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤just公正的懲罰➤terrible可怕的懲罰➤violent粗暴的懲罰➤legal, political法律制裁;政治上的懲罰◇Political retribution will fall swiftly on any president who fails in that task.沒有完成此項任務的總統很快都會遭到政治上的懲罰。➤swift迅速的懲罰◇Retribution will be swift if you cross me.如果反對我,你就會立刻遭到懲罰。➤divine上帝的懲罰VERB + RETRIBUTION➤demand, seek要求/尋求懲罰▸➤exact定要懲罰➤bring帶來懲罰▸➤fear害怕懲罰RETRIBUTION + VERB➤come, follow懲罰來臨/隨之而來◇Violent retribution soon followed.粗暴的懲罰很快隨之而來。PREPOSITION➤in retribution出於懲罰◇His armies invaded their lands in retribution.他的軍隊入侵他們的國土作為懲罰。➤retribution against對⋯的懲罰◇retribution against wrongdoers對不法分子的懲罰➤retribution for對⋯的懲罰◇He saw his suffering as retribution for the sins of his past life.他把遭受的痛苦看作是對他過去生活中所犯罪惡的懲罰。➤retribution from來自⋯的懲罰◇The celebrity couple clearly feared retribution from their fans.這對明星夫婦顯然擔心來自粉絲們的懲罰。➤retribution on對⋯的懲罰◇She saw the sentence as just retribution on the man who had assaulted her.她把這一判決看作是對侵犯她的男子的公正的懲罰。PHRASES➤an act of retribution懲罰行為▸➤fear of retribution害怕受報復◇The victim did not report the incident for fear of retribution.受害者沒有報案是害怕受到報復。