N-UNCOUNT 惩罚;报应Retribution is punishment for a crime, especially punishment which is carried out by someone other than the official authorities. 惩罚;报应 [formal]
He didn't want any further involvement for fear of retribution.
Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience He stands waiting, with exactness grinds He allHenry Wadsworth LongfellowRetribution
ADJECTIVE | VERB + RETRIBUTION | RETRIBUTION + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤just公正的懲罰➤terrible可怕的懲罰➤violent粗暴的懲罰➤legal, political法律制裁;政治上的懲罰◇Political retribution will fall swiftly on any president who fails in that task.沒有完成此項任務的總統很快都會遭到政治上的懲罰。➤swift迅速的懲罰◇Retribution will be swift if you cross me.如果反對我,你就會立刻遭到懲罰。➤divine上帝的懲罰VERB + RETRIBUTION➤demand, seek要求/尋求懲罰▸➤exact定要懲罰➤bring帶來懲罰▸➤fear害怕懲罰RETRIBUTION + VERB➤come, follow懲罰來臨/隨之而來◇Violent retribution soon followed.粗暴的懲罰很快隨之而來。PREPOSITION➤in retribution出於懲罰◇His armies invaded their lands in retribution.他的軍隊入侵他們的國土作為懲罰。➤retribution against對⋯的懲罰◇retribution against wrongdoers對不法分子的懲罰➤retribution for對⋯的懲罰◇He saw his suffering as retribution for the sins of his past life.他把遭受的痛苦看作是對他過去生活中所犯罪惡的懲罰。➤retribution from來自⋯的懲罰◇The celebrity couple clearly feared retribution from their fans.這對明星夫婦顯然擔心來自粉絲們的懲罰。➤retribution on對⋯的懲罰◇She saw the sentence as just retribution on the man who had assaulted her.她把這一判決看作是對侵犯她的男子的公正的懲罰。PHRASES➤an act of retribution懲罰行為▸➤fear of retribution害怕受報復◇The victim did not report the incident for fear of retribution.受害者沒有報案是害怕受到報復。