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单词 rejoinder
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Definition of rejoinder in English:

rejoinder

noun rɪˈdʒɔɪndərəˈdʒɔɪndər
  • 1A reply, especially a sharp or witty one.

    应答,应对;(冷嘲热讽的)回答,(俏皮的)应答

    she would have made some cutting rejoinder but none came to mind

    她本想说句有分量的挖苦话来回答,却一句也想不起来。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The rejoinder was quick, to the point: ‘The driver has no place to sit to drive the car.’
    • She had planned a witty rejoinder but the sight of him standing in front of her, so arrogantly beautiful, stoked the fires of her temper.
    • There's so many witty rejoinders to choose from.
    • The easy rejoinder to that is I think that no company has ever tried this on before.
    • The rejoinder, of course, is that while we all have our individual estimations of the skills and predilections of each enforcement level, none has a monopoly on virtue.
    • But his rejoinder shows that there are important ways that we disagree even about ‘what was there.’
    • I am a painter of the 20th century,’ was his rejoinder.
    • Also contributing to the entertainment quota during the show were the quiz-master's rejoinders to the wild guesses that almost every team was indulging in.
    • The expected witty rejoinder didn't come. ‘How many barrels of black powder do we have left?’
    • It was a rejoinder to an industry that had branded him an English theatre person, and ‘a Parsi, which was like a big insult to me‘.
    • ‘Ridiculously expensive,’ is his weak rejoinder.
    • For modern-day adherents of the belief that tariffs and not slavery caused the war, the Confederate tariffs serve as a sharp rejoinder.
    • The new reality of policing war zones is a sharp rejoinder to that work but not the first time the modern British army has faced pressures - the most notable example being Northern Ireland.
    • Before Kate can respond with a witty rejoinder about geese, a waiter oozes forth and demands drink orders.
    • As a rejoinder to Mr. Essex - yes, design is a process.
    • His manner was rather that of a music hall artist, complacent, even cheerful, as his one-liners provoked from his audience the rejoinders he sought.
    • After less than a minute of nonstop barking, I heard the first canine rejoinders, the ululations of outraged yip dogs.
    • Most of the statements were not used at the trial, so any witty rejoinders from Wilde will have to be imagined.
    • These are merely answers in kind, which can no doubt be met with plausible rejoinders.
    • To his credit, Gunn keeps up his morale with witty rejoinders.
    Synonyms
    answer, reply, response, retort, riposte, counter, sally
    informal comeback
    1. 1.1Law dated A defendant's answer to the plaintiff's reply or replication.
      〔律〕〈旧〉(被告对原告辩驳的)答辩
      Example sentencesExamples
      • At the end of the defence case, the Prosecutor may present evidence in rebuttal, then the defence may present evidence in rejoinder, and the Court may have evidence ordered by it to be presented (court evidence).
      • In his rejoinder Lorber admits, as he must, that ‘one cannot get the consent of the baby to non-action’ but he adds that equally ‘one cannot get their consent for all the major operations and procedures which have been carried out on them’.
      • The division bench comprising Chief Justice B C Patel and Justice A K Sikri fixed December 10 for a further hearing, after Naz asked for time to prepare a rejoinder to the government's affidavit.
      • In dissent, Justice Breyer provides the rejoinder.
      • ‘Answer’ was given to this bill, replies were allowed to the ‘answer’ and rejoinders to the replies were allowed, and so on.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French rejoindre (infinitive used as a noun) (see rejoin2).

Definition of rejoinder in US English:

rejoinder

nounrəˈdʒɔɪndərrəˈjoindər
  • 1A reply, especially a sharp or witty one.

    应答,应对;(冷嘲热讽的)回答,(俏皮的)应答

    she would have made some cutting rejoinder but none came to mind

    她本想说句有分量的挖苦话来回答,却一句也想不起来。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The expected witty rejoinder didn't come. ‘How many barrels of black powder do we have left?’
    • The rejoinder, of course, is that while we all have our individual estimations of the skills and predilections of each enforcement level, none has a monopoly on virtue.
    • Before Kate can respond with a witty rejoinder about geese, a waiter oozes forth and demands drink orders.
    • To his credit, Gunn keeps up his morale with witty rejoinders.
    • She had planned a witty rejoinder but the sight of him standing in front of her, so arrogantly beautiful, stoked the fires of her temper.
    • As a rejoinder to Mr. Essex - yes, design is a process.
    • The new reality of policing war zones is a sharp rejoinder to that work but not the first time the modern British army has faced pressures - the most notable example being Northern Ireland.
    • But his rejoinder shows that there are important ways that we disagree even about ‘what was there.’
    • Most of the statements were not used at the trial, so any witty rejoinders from Wilde will have to be imagined.
    • After less than a minute of nonstop barking, I heard the first canine rejoinders, the ululations of outraged yip dogs.
    • For modern-day adherents of the belief that tariffs and not slavery caused the war, the Confederate tariffs serve as a sharp rejoinder.
    • His manner was rather that of a music hall artist, complacent, even cheerful, as his one-liners provoked from his audience the rejoinders he sought.
    • These are merely answers in kind, which can no doubt be met with plausible rejoinders.
    • There's so many witty rejoinders to choose from.
    • ‘Ridiculously expensive,’ is his weak rejoinder.
    • Also contributing to the entertainment quota during the show were the quiz-master's rejoinders to the wild guesses that almost every team was indulging in.
    • The easy rejoinder to that is I think that no company has ever tried this on before.
    • It was a rejoinder to an industry that had branded him an English theatre person, and ‘a Parsi, which was like a big insult to me‘.
    • The rejoinder was quick, to the point: ‘The driver has no place to sit to drive the car.’
    • I am a painter of the 20th century,’ was his rejoinder.
    Synonyms
    answer, reply, response, retort, riposte, counter, sally
    1. 1.1Law dated A defendant's answer to the plaintiff's reply or replication.
      〔律〕〈旧〉(被告对原告辩驳的)答辩
      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘Answer’ was given to this bill, replies were allowed to the ‘answer’ and rejoinders to the replies were allowed, and so on.
      • At the end of the defence case, the Prosecutor may present evidence in rebuttal, then the defence may present evidence in rejoinder, and the Court may have evidence ordered by it to be presented (court evidence).
      • In dissent, Justice Breyer provides the rejoinder.
      • The division bench comprising Chief Justice B C Patel and Justice A K Sikri fixed December 10 for a further hearing, after Naz asked for time to prepare a rejoinder to the government's affidavit.
      • In his rejoinder Lorber admits, as he must, that ‘one cannot get the consent of the baby to non-action’ but he adds that equally ‘one cannot get their consent for all the major operations and procedures which have been carried out on them’.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French rejoindre (infinitive used as a noun) (see rejoin).

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