re·tal·i·ate
verb/rɪˈtælieɪt/
/rɪˈtælieɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they retaliate | /rɪˈtælieɪt/ /rɪˈtælieɪt/ |
| he / she / it retaliates | /rɪˈtælieɪts/ /rɪˈtælieɪts/ |
| past simple retaliated | /rɪˈtælieɪtɪd/ /rɪˈtælieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle retaliated | /rɪˈtælieɪtɪd/ /rɪˈtælieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form retaliating | /rɪˈtælieɪtɪŋ/ /rɪˈtælieɪtɪŋ/ |
- to do something harmful to somebody because they have harmed you first
报复；反击；复仇 - retaliate (against somebody/something) to retaliate against an attack
对攻击进行还击 - retaliate (by doing something/with something) The boy hit his sister, who retaliated by kicking him.
男孩打了他妹妹，妹妹则回敬了他一脚。
Extra Examples- The police were pelted with stones and retaliated with tear gas.
警方遭到石块攻击，以催泪瓦斯还击。 - Ukraine threatened to retaliate by closing oil pipelines.
乌克兰威胁要通过关闭石油管道进行报复。 - The demonstrators retaliated by throwing stones and bricks.
示威者以投掷石块和砖块进行报复。 - The police retaliated with tear gas.
警方用催泪瓦斯进行报复。 - They threatened to retaliate against the British.
他们威胁要对英国人进行报复。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin retaliat- ‘returned in kind’, from the verb retaliare, from re- ‘back’ + talis ‘such’. - retaliate (against somebody/something) to retaliate against an attack