Wordiyoretribution
🇬🇧 UK/.retri'bju:ʃәn/🇺🇸 US
TOEFLGREC2
Definitions
n.
Punishment given as revenge or just desert for a wrongdoing
报应；惩罚
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.swift retribution迅速的惩罚
- 2.divine retribution天谴；神罚
- 3.seek retribution寻求报复
- 4.fear of retribution对报复的恐惧
Example Sentences
- 1.
The victims' families demanded swift retribution for the brutal crime.
- 2.
He feared divine retribution for the lies he had told over the years.
- 3.
The court's harsh sentence was seen as just retribution for his betrayal.