retribution

英 [ˌretrɪ'bjuːʃn] 美 [ˌretrɪ'bjuːʃn]

• n. 报应；惩罚；报复；报偿

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 惩罚
2. 报应
3. 报答
4. 报复
5. 果报
6. 严惩
7. 报酬
8. 应得的惩罚或赔偿
9. 报偿

英英释义

Noun:

1. a justly deserved penalty

2. the act of correcting for your wrongdoing

3. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life;

   "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"
   "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"
   "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"
   "the swiftness of divine retribution"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Restitution is more important than retribution.
   赔偿比惩罚重要。
2. His right hand suddenly ordered divine retribution to stand by.
   他的右手突然命令上天的惩罚做好准备。
3. Then it's like Orr wearing a face shield while dishing out retribution.
   然后它就像奥尔身穿面罩而抛出报复。
4. The French were in a state of postwar shock and clamoring for fearful retribution.
   法国人处于一种战后惊恐状态，叫嚷要进行可怕的报复。

经典引文

• He was devoured..in retribution for his tyranny.

  出自： P. L. Fermor

• Fear of divine retribution.

  出自： R. Fraser

近反义词

【近义词】

• justice 公平
• punishment 惩罚
• penalty 处罚
• hell 地狱
• vengeance 报复
• payback 偿还
• revenge 报仇
• reprisal 报复
• reckoning 计算
• requital 报酬