riposte

noun

/rɪˈpɒst/

/rɪˈpəʊst/

(formal)

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a quick and clever reply, especially to criticism机敏的回答；巧妙的反驳 synonym retort
- a witty riposte机智的回答
a course of action that takes place in response to something that has happened反应；回应
- The US delivered an early riposte to the air attack.美国对空袭很快作出了反应。

Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French risposte (noun), risposter (verb), from Italian risposta ‘response’.

verb

/rɪˈpɒst/

/rɪˈpəʊst/

[transitive, intransitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they riposte	/rɪˈpɒst/ /rɪˈpəʊst/
he / she / it ripostes	/rɪˈpɒsts/ /rɪˈpəʊsts/
past simple riposted	/rɪˈpɒstɪd/ /rɪˈpəʊstɪd/
past participle riposted	/rɪˈpɒstɪd/ /rɪˈpəʊstɪd/
-ing form riposting	/rɪˈpɒstɪŋ/ /rɪˈpəʊstɪŋ/

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to make a quick and clever reply to somebody/something, especially to a criticism机敏的回答；巧妙的反驳
- riposte + speech ‘You are as ill-informed as usual,’ she riposted. “你和往常一样消息不灵通，”她反驳道。
- riposte that… At once he riposted that his country had no link with insurgents.他立刻回击说，他的国家与叛乱分子没有联系。
- riposte with something The MP riposted with some more, quite different, statistics. 这位议员用一些更不同的统计数据进行了回击。

BNC: 19917 COCA: 31986

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