词为我用 - retribution

词汇释义

retribution  TEM8  GRE

UK  /ˌret.rɪˈbjuː.ʃən/ US  /ˌret.rəˈbjuː.ʃən/

noun, Retribution is punishment for a crime, especially punishment which is carried out by someone other than the official authorities.惩罚，报应

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外刊例句

1. But Mr. Gascon spreads his approach to those accused of felonies, the sorts of crimes that need retribution along with a shot at rehabilitation, Ms. Andrade said.(Washington Times)

2. “He said there is no way I’m leaving this neighborhood unless I’m dead,” she said, requesting anonymity for fear of retribution by Israeli authorities.(Seattle Times)

3. “He said there is no way I’m leaving this neighborhood unless I’m dead,” she said, requesting anonymity for fear of retribution by Israeli authorities.(Washington Times)

4. The Americans, as retribution, ran off with the middleman’s backpack, returning to the area of their hotel.(Washington Post)

5. And Republicans in the Georgia state legislature floated the idea of increasing taxes on Delta as retribution.(New York Times)

6. Some media analysts say other commercial advertisers avoid placing ads in liberal outlets for fear of retribution.(Seattle Times）

7. One post, with tens of thousands of upvotes, recounts “the enormous repercussions” of the financial crisis, and frames the short squeeze as karmic retribution on Wall Street professionals.(The Guardian)

8. Several Tesla employees, who asked to speak anonymously for fear of retribution, said the company was putting a priority on profits over people.(New York Times)

9. For now, many workers may be focusing on health concerns and fear retribution if they complain in an environment of record unemployment claims.(Washington Post)

10. The five employees, who said staff anger was widespread, detailed the measures to Reuters on condition of anonymity because they fear retribution.(Reuters)

11. It also advances the cause of reform, if not retribution: companies are routinely required to fix their cultures and adjust their incentive systems.(TheEconomist)

12. Last month Trump threatened “retribution” against companies outsourcing factory work to foreign facilities.(The Guardian)

词汇搭配

just, terrible, violent, legal, political, swift retribution

demand, seek, exact, bring, fear retribution

retribution, come, follow

retribution in, against, for, from, on

an act ofretribution, fear of retribution

词汇家族

retributive, retributory

词汇来源

late 14c., "repayment," from Old French retribution and directly from Latin retributionem (nominative retributio) "recompense, repayment," noun of action from past participle stem of retribuere "hand back, repay," from re- "back" (see re-) + tribuere "to assign, allot" (see tribute). Originally "that which is given in return for past good or evil;" restricted modern use of "evil given for evil done" (1560s) is from day of retribution (1520s), in Christian theology the time of divine reward or punishment.

近义词

punishment, payback, reprisal, requital, retaliation, revenge, vengeance

反义词

clemency, grace, leniency, lenity, mercy,forgiveness, pardon, remission

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