N-VAR 报复(行为) If you do something to a person in reprisal, you hurt or punish them because they have done something violent or unpleasant to you. 报复(行为)
There were fears that some of the Western hostages might be killed in reprisal.
有人担心一些西方人质可能会受到报复性杀害。
Witnesses are unwilling to testify through fear of reprisals.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + REPRISAL | REPRISAL + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤bloody, brutal, savage, violent血腥的/殘忍的/野蠻的/暴力的報復➤military軍事報復◇The government responded with harsh military reprisals.政府用無情的軍事報復予以回應。➤economic, legal, political經濟/法律/政治報復◇boycotts and economic reprisals抵制和經濟報復◇The people live in fear of political reprisals.人們生活在政治報復的恐懼中。VERB + REPRISAL➤take進行報復◇The gang threatened to take reprisals against them.這個幫派威脅說要對他們進行報復。➤threaten (sb with)威脅報復(某人)▸➤suffer遭到報復◇She tried to persuade the soldiers that they would not suffer reprisals if they surrendered.她試圖勸士兵們投降,說投降就不會遭到報復。➤expect, fear料想會被報復;害怕被報復➤face面對報復REPRISAL + NOUN➤attack, raid報復性攻擊/襲擊PREPOSITION➤in reprisal for為了報復◇A dozen hostages were shot in reprisal for the killing of an army officer.為了給一位被殺害的軍官報仇,12 名人質遭槍殺。➤reprisal against報復⋯◇reprisals against witnesses for the evidence they have given證人因作證而受到的報復➤reprisal for因⋯而受到報復◇Workers won't face reprisals for their decisions.工人們不會因他們的決定而受到報復。➤reprisal from來自⋯的報復◇reprisals from angry fans來自憤怒球迷的報復PHRASES➤fear of reprisals害怕被報復