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

• 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

• N-UNCOUNT 惩罚;报应
  Retributionis 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

• Sauron's wrath will be terrible, his retribution swift.
  索伦在盛怒下一定会报复。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Vengeance, retribution.
  复仇、报复。
• 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。
• 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。
• It's divine retribution for your rudeness last night!
  这是老天对你昨晚粗鲁表现的惩罚！
• 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。
• She asked that her name not be published for fear of retribution.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。