retribution

英 [ˌretrɪˈbjuːʃn] 美 [ˌretrɪˈbjuːʃn]

n.  严惩; 惩罚; 报应

复数:retributions

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.11728 / COCA.11613



牛津词典

noun

  1. 严惩;惩罚;报应
    severe punishment for sth seriously wrong that sb has done
    1. People are seeking retribution for the latest terrorist outrages.
      人们在设法对恐怖分子最近的暴行进行严惩。
    2. fear of divine retribution (= punishment from God)
      对上帝的惩罚的畏惧

柯林斯词典

  1. 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.
    1. He didn't want any further involvement for fear of retribution.
      他担心受到惩罚,不想再牵涉其中。

双语例句

  1. He didn't want any further involvement for fear of retribution.
    他担心受到惩罚,不想再牵涉其中。
  2. This gave them the freedom to make trouble all over the shop without fear of retribution.
    这使他们可以肆意到处惹是生非,而不用担心受到惩罚。
  3. Evil actions will bring retribution.
    恶行会有恶报。
  4. Vengeance, retribution.
    复仇、报复。
  5. Nor have I so read or interpreted Holy Writ, as to understand that the disclosure of human thoughts and deeds, then to be made, is intended as a part of the retribution.
    就我阅读和宣讲的《圣经》而论,我并不认为,人们的思想和行为到了非揭示不可的时刻,就一定是一种报应。
  6. I was quite ill afterward, and I wonder if retribution also overtook the turkey.
    后来我生了一场大病,我不知道这是不是因为追赶火鸡而遭受的报应。
  7. I just want retribution for what he did to me.
    我只想要他对我所作所为的补偿。
  8. The retribution is inside my heart, also must I taste painstakingly.
    冤孽是在我心里头,苦也应当我一个人尝。
  9. Sauron's wrath will be terrible, his retribution swift.
    索伦在盛怒下一定会报复。
  10. The president promised swift and effective retribution against the terrorists.
    总统答应会迅速有效地惩罚恐怖分子。
  11. Seeing you fail miserably was retribution enough.
    看着你痛苦地失败就是最好的报复。
  12. Punishment made little impression on him. The president promised swift and effective retribution against the terrorists.
    惩罚对他没有什麽效用。总统答应会迅速有效地惩罚恐怖分子。
  13. So for the moment, Britain has a process of truth and retribution.
    因此,目前看来,英国正处于一个以“真相和惩罚”为特征的过程。
  14. That is why it attacks uniformly any definition of God which does not include fear, judgment and retribution, and any definition of Self which does not include their own idea of the only path to God.
    那就是为什么它一致地攻击对神的任何界定,若是那界定不包含恐惧、审判和报复,以及对自我的任何界定,若它不包含他们自己的朝向神的唯一道路的想法。
  15. Historically, the theory of retribution penalty and the penalty concept with utilitarianism had been appeared one by one.
    作为刑罚的价值观,历史上先后出现了报应刑理论和功利主义刑罚观。
  16. Those who take delight in other people's pain will suffer retribution sooner or later.
    把快乐建立在别人痛苦之上的人迟早要受到报应的。
  17. And together they wandered through the untrodden ways like two children& the world and its retribution quite forgot.
    他们象两个孩子一样一同漫游在人迹未曾到过的道路上,完全忘记了世界和它的惩罚。
  18. It would be a pity were the opportunity to be squandered because of a thirst for retribution.
    如果有些人因为渴望报复而浪费这个机遇,那将十分可惜。
  19. Many residents don't believe North Korea will risk a missile launch for fear of American retribution.
    许多居民不相信北朝鲜会不害怕美国的报复而冒险发射导弹。
  20. The desire to apportion blame and seek retribution after disaster strikes is human.
    在灾难爆发后推诿责任和寻求报复的欲求是人的本性。
  21. Some people saw her death as divine retribution for her crimes.
    一些人将她的死看作是神对她的罪过的惩罚。
  22. The Homeric heroes are ignorant and passionate men full of blind anger and desire for retribution.
    荷马英雄,尽是无知且激情的男性,满腔的盲目、忿怒与渴望报仇。
  23. Modern penological thought discounts retribution in the sense of vengeance.
    近代刑罚学思想把报应的意义限定为复仇。
  24. She asked that her name not be published for fear of retribution.
    为了怕报复,她要求不要公布她的名字。
  25. It's divine retribution for your rudeness last night!
    这是老天对你昨晚粗鲁表现的惩罚!
  26. One that inflicts retribution or vengeance.
    受到惩罚或报复的人。
  27. This is retribution of the fall.
    这都是因为堕落带来的惩罚。
  28. Do evil actions bring retribution after death?
    做了坏事死后会有报应吗?
  29. Its ethic foundation is the view of goodness and evil and the retribution of karma theory in Buddhism.
    其伦理基础是佛教伦理中的善恶观与业报论。
  30. Thought begets Heresy; Heresy begets Retribution.
    想法导致异端,异端招致惩罚。