| 单词 | to retaliate evil for evil |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto retaliate evil for evil 4. transitive. To give in return or response. Chiefly with for that which is received, often as an exact equivalent, as to retaliate evil for evil, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > sharply returna1500 reply1526 snap1550 pat1575 retort1597 regyre1606 regest1614 retaliate1632 snap1647 repartee1677 riposte1823 to shoot back1974 1632 W. Mountfort Launching of Mary (1933) ii. i. 32 Farre be yt from me, to retaliate sterrilitie, for grayne & fruite receaude. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 73 This wretch so blazed himselfe, and in requitall..had no other language retaliated him, saue teares, sighes,..and strange feares. 1761 Scots Mag. Jan. 21/1 Poor Banner had not the least suspicion that Gustavus would thus retaliate evil for good. 1783 R. Potter tr. Euripides Tragedies II. 473 And should th'avenging son the mother slay, His son again retaliate blood for blood, What bound shall the progressive mischief know? 1805 S. J. Pratt Love's Trials ii. ix. 289 The spirit of recrimination is so strong in me, that..I die till I have retaliated fifty sighs for one. 1838 tr. J. C. A. Heinroth On Educ. & Self-formation xvi. 238 We are far from possessing the right of..retaliating evil for evil. 1864 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 7) 312 When these, in blind revenge of blood Causelessly shed, retaliate death for death. 1916 P. J. Stackhouse Social Ideals of Lord's Prayer vii. 83 If a man loves, he will not retaliate injury for injury. 1998 C. Glaser Coming out as Sacrament vi. 109 These passages..imply not that we must cooperate with evil, but rather that we do not retaliate evil for evil. < as lemmas |
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