| 单词 | in retaliation |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin retaliation a. Repayment (in kind) for injury or insult; reprisal, revenge; retribution. Also in retaliation.massive retaliation: see massive adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > revenge > [noun] > retaliation or retribution yieldinga1340 talion1412 retributiona1425 recompensec1425 recompensationa1513 requitement1548 retaliation1581 lex talionis1597 requital1597 retaling1597 taliationa1601 law of retalion1607 talio1611 retail1615 retorsion1637 repercussion1641 retributing1645 reddition1656 retortion1762 poetical justice1796 utu1828 retort1836 quits1865 poetic justice1991 1581 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha i. xii. 67 The Romanes vsed specially, eight sortes of chastisements,..imprisonment, stripes, retaliation,..& death. 1694 E. Phillips tr. J. Milton Lett. of State 235 If intreaty and fair means will nothing avail,..the severity of Retaliation must take its course. 1726 Bp. J. Butler 15 Serm. ix. 159 If bare Retaliation..always begets Resentment in the Person upon whom we retaliate, what would that Excess do? 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. ii. 166 Retaliation thus exercised, of course leads to new disputes. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. xviii. 9 Where justice could only be executed by crime, each act of violence provoked fresh retaliation. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 182 They in ‘retaliation’ attacked the Indian colonies. a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 960 There is no doubt that some animals, such as elephants and peafowl, resent affront and seek retaliation, even after an interval has elapsed. 1967 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 113 213/2 This behaviour..led to increased anxiety, fear of murderous retaliation, ideas of reference and persecution. 2000 K. Shamsie Salt & Saffron (2001) iii. 23 When he was four he bit the nose off Dadi's stuffed reindeer and Dadi, in retaliation, bit his index finger. < as lemmas |
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