retaliation
- IPA[rɪˌtalɪˈeɪʃn]
英式
- the action of returning a military attack; counter-attack;the action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself; revenge
noun: retaliation, plural noun: retaliations
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the action of returning a military attack; counter-attack the bombings are believed to be in retaliation for the trial of 15 suspects
- ▪ the action of harming someone because they have harmed oneself; revenge she rejected as preposterous any suggestion that she had acted in retaliation
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- IPA[rəˌtalēˈāSH(ə)n]
美式
- the action of returning a military attack; counterattack: the bombings are believed to be in retaliation for the trial of 15 suspects
Oxford American Dictionary