retribution
retribution
noun
retributive
[rɪˈtrɪbjʊtɪv]
adjective
retributory
[rɪˈtrɪbjʊt(ə)ri]
adjective
语源
noun
- [mass noun]punishment that is considered to be morally right and fully deserved
应得的惩罚，报应
settlers drove the Navajo out of Arizona in retribution for their raids.
移民把纳瓦霍人赶出亚利桑那州，以报复他们的袭击。
retributive
[rɪˈtrɪbjʊtɪv]
adjective
retributory
[rɪˈtrɪbjʊt(ə)ri]
adjective
语源
- late Middle English (also in the sense 'recompense for merit or a service'): from late Latin retributio(n-), from retribut- 'assigned again', from the verb retribuere, from re- 'back' + tribuere 'assign'
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