retaliate
verb [intransitive]to do something harmful to somebody because they have harmed you first synonym revenge报复;反击;复仇 - retaliate (against somebody/something)
to retaliate against an attack 对攻击进行还击 - retaliate (by doing something/with something)
The boy hit his sister, who retaliated by kicking him. 男孩打了他妹妹,妹妹则回敬了他一脚。
Extra ExamplesThe police were pelted with stones and retaliated with tear gas. 警方遭到石块攻击,以催泪瓦斯还击。 Ukraine threatened to retaliate by closing oil pipelines. 乌克兰威胁要通过关闭石油管道进行报复。 The demonstrators retaliated by throwing stones and bricks. 示威者投掷石块和砖块进行报复。 The police retaliated with tear gas. 警察用催泪瓦斯进行报复。 They threatened to retaliate against the British. 他们威胁要报复英国人。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin retaliat- ‘returned in kind’, from the verb retaliare, from re- ‘back’ + talis ‘such’.- retaliate (against somebody/something)