Wordiyoreprisal
🇬🇧 UK/ri'praizl/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
n.
An act of retaliation against someone who has caused harm or injury.
报复；报复行动
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.fear reprisals害怕遭到报复
- 2.in reprisal for作为对……的报复
- 3.take reprisals采取报复行动
- 4.military reprisal军事报复
Example Sentences
- 1.
The soldiers feared reprisals from the enemy after the raid.
- 2.
She hesitated to report the harassment, fearing reprisals from her supervisor.
- 3.
The government warned that any attack would be met with swift reprisals.