reciprocate

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishreciprocatere‧cip‧ro‧cate /rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt/ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive]REACT formal to do or give something, because something similar has been done or given to you When he spoke I was expected to reciprocate with some remark of my own.2 [transitive]REACT to feel the same about someone as they feel about you It was a hopeless love that could not possibly be reciprocated. —reciprocation /rɪˌsɪprəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusreciprocate• It was a hopeless love and one that could not possibly be reciprocated.• Her love was not reciprocated.• We asked them over for dinner, hoping they would reciprocate.• I was flooded with so much pleasure at once I felt incapable of reciprocating.• So loyalty must be reciprocated, as it always deserves to be.• Amy, particularly, had felt she had lost a father but gained an uncle; her feelings were reciprocated by Charles.• I wanted to reciprocate in kind, but I had hardly any outlandish stories to tell about myself.• Although Miss Warton did not reciprocate John's feelings, she did nothing to discourage them.• My classmates would ask me over, but I never felt I could reciprocate the invitation.• He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.

单词	reciprocate
释义	reciprocate From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishreciprocatere‧cip‧ro‧cate /rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt/ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive]REACT formal to do or give something, because something similar has been done or given to you When he spoke I was expected to reciprocate with some remark of my own.2 [transitive]REACT to feel the same about someone as they feel about you It was a hopeless love that could not possibly be reciprocated. —reciprocation /rɪˌsɪprəˈkeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusreciprocate• It was a hopeless love and one that could not possibly be reciprocated.• Her love was not reciprocated.• We asked them over for dinner, hoping they would reciprocate.• I was flooded with so much pleasure at once I felt incapable of reciprocating.• So loyalty must be reciprocated, as it always deserves to be.• Amy, particularly, had felt she had lost a father but gained an uncle; her feelings were reciprocated by Charles.• I wanted to reciprocate in kind, but I had hardly any outlandish stories to tell about myself.• Although Miss Warton did not reciprocate John's feelings, she did nothing to discourage them.• My classmates would ask me over, but I never felt I could reciprocate the invitation.• He did not, in any case, have a high opinion of Santayana - an animus which Santayana reciprocated towards Eliot.
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