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

• Seeing you fail miserably was retribution enough.
  看着你痛苦地失败就是最好的报复。
• 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。
• I just want retribution for what he did to me.
  我只想要他对我所作所为的补偿。
• Do evil actions bring retribution after death?
  做了坏事死后会有报应吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This is retribution of the fall.
  这都是因为堕落带来的惩罚。
• 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。
• 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。