reciprocate

Word family nounreciprocalityreciprocantreciprocationreciprocatorreciprocityadverbreciprocallyverbreciprocateadjectivereciprocativereciprocal

re·cip·ro·cate /rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]REACT formal to do or give something, because something similar has been done or given to you 回报，回应

When he spoke I was expected to reciprocate with some remark of my own.

他在说话时，我也应该说点什么回应他。

2 [transitiveT]REACT to feel the same about someone as they feel about you 回报以〔相同的感情〕

It was a hopeless love that could not possibly be reciprocated.

那是一种无望的爱，不可能得到回报。

—reciprocation /rɪˌsɪprəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

reciprocate• It was a hopeless love and one that could not possibly be reciprocated.• Her love was not reciprocated.• We asked them over for dinner, hoping they would reciprocate.• I was flooded with so much pleasure at once I felt incapable of reciprocating.• So loyalty must be reciprocated, as it always deserves to be.• Amy, particularly, had felt she had lost a father but gained an uncle; her feelings were reciprocated by Charles.• I wanted to reciprocate in kind, but I had hardly any outlandish stories to tell about myself.• Although Miss Warton did not reciprocate John's feelings, she did nothing to discourage them.• My classmates would ask me over, but I never felt I could reciprocate the invitation.• He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.• In 1979, Egypt made a genuine offer of peace, and Israel reciprocated with an offer of territory.

单词	reciprocate
释义	reciprocate Word family nounreciprocalityreciprocantreciprocationreciprocatorreciprocityadverbreciprocallyverbreciprocateadjectivereciprocativereciprocal re·cip·ro·cate /rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt/ verb 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]REACT formal to do or give something, because something similar has been done or given to you 回报，回应 When he spoke I was expected to reciprocate with some remark of my own. 他在说话时，我也应该说点什么回应他。 2 [transitiveT]REACT to feel the same about someone as they feel about you 回报以〔相同的感情〕 It was a hopeless love that could not possibly be reciprocated. 那是一种无望的爱，不可能得到回报。 —reciprocation /rɪˌsɪprəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus reciprocate• It was a hopeless love and one that could not possibly be reciprocated.• Her love was not reciprocated.• We asked them over for dinner, hoping they would reciprocate.• I was flooded with so much pleasure at once I felt incapable of reciprocating.• So loyalty must be reciprocated, as it always deserves to be.• Amy, particularly, had felt she had lost a father but gained an uncle; her feelings were reciprocated by Charles.• I wanted to reciprocate in kind, but I had hardly any outlandish stories to tell about myself.• Although Miss Warton did not reciprocate John's feelings, she did nothing to discourage them.• My classmates would ask me over, but I never felt I could reciprocate the invitation.• He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.• In 1979, Egypt made a genuine offer of peace, and Israel reciprocated with an offer of territory.
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