| 单词 | reciprocal |
| 释义 | reciprocal (once / 1250 pages) 1adjn 2nadj 3n Reciprocal describes something that's the same on both sides. If you and your sister are in a big fight on a long car trip, you might resolve it through a reciprocal agreement that you'll stop poking her and she'll stop reading road signs out loud. The word mutual is a near synonym in most uses: reciprocal/mutual friendship, describing, a relationship in which two people feel the same way about each other, or do or give similar things to each other. If you tell someone you like them and they say, "The feelings are reciprocal," that means they like you too. In math, a reciprocal is a number that when multiplied by a given number gives one as a product. WORD FAMILYreciprocal: nonreciprocal, reciprocality, reciprocally, reciprocals, reciprocity+/reciprocity: reciprocities USAGE EXAMPLESThe only regulatory mechanism is the insistence that all participation is voluntary, and all experience is reciprocal. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) A true reciprocal response would involve the release of hacked information about top Russian officials. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Diplomatic expulsions are normally met with reciprocal action. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1adj concerning each of two or more persons or things; especially given or done in return reciprocal aid reciprocal trade reciprocal privileges at other clubs Syn|Ant mutual bilateral affecting or undertaken by two parties trilateralinvolving three parties correlativeexpressing a reciprocal or complementary relation interactional, interactivecapable of acting on or influencing each other reciprocative, reciprocatorymoving alternately backward and forward reciprocative, reciprocatorygiven or done or owed to each other nonreciprocal not reciprocal nonreciprocatingnot moving alternately forward and backward unanswered, unreciprocated, unrequitednot returned in kind 2n something (a term or expression or concept) that has a reciprocal relation to something else 2risk is the reciprocal of safety Hyper reciprocality, reciprocity a relation of mutual dependence or action or influence 1n (mathematics) one of a pair of numbers whose product is 1: the reciprocal of 2/3 is 3/2; the multiplicative inverse of 7 is 1/7 Syn|Hyper multiplicative inverse inverse, opposite something inverted in sequence or character or effect 2adj of or relating to the multiplicative inverse of a quantity or function 3the reciprocal ratio of a:b is b:a Syn inverse opposite in nature or effect or relation to another quantity n hybridization involving a pair of crosses that reverse the sexes associated with each genotype Syn|Hyper reciprocal cross cross, crossbreeding, crossing, hybridisation, hybridization, hybridizing, interbreeding (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids |
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