| 单词 | reciprocate |
| 释义 | re·cip·ro·cate transitive verb 1. < the two countries reciprocated pledges of friendship > 2. 3. < reciprocate the compliments just paid them — J.G.Cozzens > < is peevish and sensitive when his advances are not reciprocated — G.B.Shaw > intransitive verb 1. < hope in a few days to reciprocate for your verses by sending you a few remarks — O.W.Holmes †1935 > 2. < a tiny knife reciprocating rapidly up and down — J.V.A.Long > 3. Synonyms: < the love of Lavinia for the hero, most correctly reciprocated by him — H.O.Taylor > < touched his friend's glass lightly and reciprocated the former toast — James Joyce > < a man for whom he has an intense and growing dislike, which the other reciprocated — Times Literary Supplement > < bringing their rude gifts of mussels and wild seeds, which were always reciprocated with beads and some of our food — Francisco Palou > retaliate usually implies a paying back in exact kind, often vengefully < considers the possibility of revenge, of retaliating on those who have injured him — J.W.Krutch > < our need to protect ourselves from military attack and to retaliate in case an enemy dared to attack us — Mary Gregoire > < retaliate, blow for blow > requite can imply simply a paying back usually reciprocally, but also often implies a paying back according to what one considers the merits of the case < requite a friend's love > < face every danger rather than requite with ingratitude and treachery the devoted attachment of the Western peasantry — T.B.Macaulay > < hospitality should be requited in kind — Agnes M. Miall > < requited their hospitality by robbing them of much of their supplies — American Guide Series: Maine > return usually implies only a giving back in return < return a social call > < return good for evil > |
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