retaliate是什么意思

retaliate

英 [r?'t?l?e?t] 美 [r?'t?l?'et]

1. re- "against" + tali- (taliban 塔利班) + -ate => retaliate. 報復塔利班。
2. 想當年世貿大廈被撞后，美國立即報復塔利班，迅速出兵阿富汗，報復塔利班、推翻塔利班政權。

retaliate 報復，反擊

來自拉丁語 retaliare,償還，返還，來自 re-,向后，往回，talis,同樣，同類，來自 PIE*tod,指示代詞，詞源同 this,that.即原樣返還的，后用于指報仇，以眼還眼，以牙還牙。

retaliate: retaliate: [17] To retaliate is etymologically to give someone ‘so much’ or an equal amount in return for what they have given you. Its ultimate source is Latin tālis ‘suchlike’ (source of French tel ‘such’). This formed the basis of a noun tāliō ‘punishment equal in severity to the wrong that occasioned it’, which was combined with the prefix re- ‘back’ to create the verb retaliāre ‘repay in kind’ – whence English retaliate.
retaliate (v.): 1610s, from Latin retaliatus, past participle of retaliare "requite, retaliate" (see retaliation). Related: Retaliated; retaliating.

1. He had authorisation from the military command to retaliate.: 他得到軍事指揮部授權，準備反擊。

2. The militia responded by saying it would retaliate against any attacks.: 民兵組織回復說他們會對任何進攻予以反擊。