reprisal

US [rɪˈpraɪz(ə)l]
UK [rɪ'praɪz(ə)l]
  • n.报复；报复行动
  • Web报复性劫掠；报复之行为；暴力性报复
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reprisal
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报复；报复行动a violent or aggressive act towards sb because of sth bad that they have done towards you
They did not want to give evidence for fear of reprisals.
他们因为害怕报复而不想作证。
They shot ten hostages in reprisal for the assassination of their leader.
他们的首领遭到暗杀。为了报复，他们枪杀了十名人质。

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A simple reprisal of that character would make an intriguing turn as the disgusting pimp who controls Iris and clashes with Travis.
作为控制Iris并与Travis冲突的讨厌的皮条客，该角色的一次简单报复行动就能成就一次引人入胜的转折。
zuò wéi kòng zhì Iris bìng yǔ Travis chōng tū de tǎo yàn de pí tiáo kè , gāi jué sè de yī cì jiǎn dān bào fù xíng dòng jiù néng chéng jiù yī cì yǐn rén rù shèng de zhuǎn zhé 。
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So isn't it necessary to let the media give people all the facts they find without fear of interference or reprisal?
那么，是不是有必要让媒体告诉人们它们发现的全部事实，而不感到害怕，不被干涉和报复？
nà me , shì bu shì yǒu bì yào ràng méi tǐ gào su rén men tā men fā xiàn de quán bù shì shí , ér bù gǎn dào hài pà , bù bèi gān shè hé bào fù ?
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Power of Reprisal I Effect: This spell adds a chance for your attacks to do additional spiritual damage .
使你的攻击有一定概率造成额外的精神伤害。
shǐ nǐ de gōng jī yǒu yí dìng gài lǜ zào chéng é wài de jīng shén shāng hài 。
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At least 19 people were killed in a reprisal attack on a village in Nigeria's north-western state of Zamfara.
在尼日利亚西北部赞法拉州的一个村庄遭受了报复式袭击，至少19人遇难。
zài ní rì lì yà xī běi bù zàn fǎ lā zhōu de yī gè cūn zhuāng zāo shòu le bào fù shì xí jī , zhì shǎo shí jiǔ rén yù nàn 。
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The alacrity with which the Pakistani army rushed to embrace the threat of an Indian military reprisal was remarkable.
巴基斯坦军方在急于接受印度军事报复威胁中所表现出来的敏捷非同寻常。
bā jī sī tǎn jūn fāng zài jí yú jiē shòu yìn dù jūn shì bào fù wēi xié zhōng suǒ biǎo xiàn chū lái de mǐn jié fēi tóng xún cháng 。
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The rest mostly ended up in different workplaces, but for reasons other than fear of reprisal.
其他多数受访者会换岗，但并不是因为怕遭到报复。
qí tā duō shù shòu fǎng zhě huì huàn gǎng , dàn bìng bú shì yīn wèi pà zāo dào bào fù 。
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The report quoted a number of other UFO experts as saying that the deaths from the mysterious alien is likely to be acts of reprisal.
报道援引一些其他UFO专家的话说，这起神秘的死亡事件很可能是外星人的报复行为。
bào dào yuán yǐn yì xiē qí tā UFO zhuān jiā de huà shuō , zhè qǐ shén mì de sǐ wáng shì jiàn hěn kě néng shì wài xīng rén de bào fù xíng wéi 。
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His role had been too minor and his father's position was too honoured for him to suffer reprisal .
他的角色微不足道，而且他父亲地位显赫，这使他免受囹圄之苦。
tā de jué sè wēi bù zú dào , ér qiě tā fù qīn dì wèi xiǎn hè , zhè shǐ tā miǎn shòu líng yǔ zhī kǔ 。
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Returning to his base on Lok, he found it flattened by a reprisal strike delivered by the Trade Federation.
回到洛克后，他发现自己的基地已经在贸易联邦的报复性打击下被夷为平地。
huí dào luò kè hòu , tā fā xiàn zì jǐ de jī dì yǐ jīng zài mào yì lián bāng de bào fù xìng dǎ jī xià bèi yí wéi píng dì 。
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It would "definitely be harmful to free speech, " said one microblog editor who refused to be named for fear of reprisal.
这样做“绝对有损言论自由，”一名微博编辑表示，由于害怕遭到报复，他拒绝透露姓名。
zhè yàng zuò " jué duì yǒu sǔn yán lùn zì yóu , " yī míng wēi bó biān jí biǎo shì , yóu yú hài pà zāo dào bào fù , tā jù jué tòu lù xìng míng 。
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