| 释义 |
retort2 /n'tat; n'tort/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 9, 2A] answer back quickly, wittily or angrily (esp to an accusation or challenge): (尤指对控诉或挑初立即机智地或愤怒地反驳： 'H's entirely your fault; he ~ed. '那全是你的错 ,' 他反驳说。 2 [VP14] (formal, rare) get equal with sb by returning (what has been received) in kind: (正式用语，罕)反击; 回报： ~ insult for insult; 以牙还牙; ~ an argument/ affront. 反驳一论据(回报一侮辱)。 n [U] ~ing: 反驳; 反击： say sth in ~; 反唇相谶; [C] ~ing answer: 反驳的回答： make an insolent 作侮慢的反击。 |