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单词 riposte
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ri·poste

noun
/rɪˈpɒst/
/rɪˈpəʊst/
(formal)
  1. a quick and clever reply, especially to criticism（尤指对批评的）机敏的回答，巧妙的反驳 synonym retort
    • a witty riposte机智的回答
  2. a course of action that takes place in response to something that has happened反应；回应
    • The US delivered an early riposte to the air attack.美国对空袭很快作出了反应。
    3. Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French risposte (noun), risposter (verb), from Italian risposta ‘response’.

ri·poste

verb
/rɪˈpɒst/
/rɪˈpəʊst/
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they riposte
/rɪˈpɒst/
/rɪˈpəʊst/
he / she / it ripostes
/rɪˈpɒsts/
/rɪˈpəʊsts/
past simple riposted
/rɪˈpɒstɪd/
/rɪˈpəʊstɪd/
past participle riposted
/rɪˈpɒstɪd/
/rɪˈpəʊstɪd/
-ing form riposting
/rɪˈpɒstɪŋ/
/rɪˈpəʊstɪŋ/
  1. to make a quick and clever reply to somebody/something, especially to a criticism机敏的回答；巧妙的反驳
    • riposte + speech ‘You are as ill-informed as usual,’ she riposted. “你和平常一样消息灵通，”她反驳道。
    • riposte that… At once he riposted that his country had no link with insurgents.他立即反驳说，他的国家与叛乱分子没有联系。
    • riposte with something The MP riposted with some more, quite different, statistics. 这位议员反驳了一些更多、完全不同的统计数据。
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