| 釋義 |
retort2 /n'tat; n'tort/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 9, 2A] answer back quickly, wittily or angrily (esp to an accusation or challenge): (尤指對(duì)控訴或挑初立即機(jī)智地或憤怒地反駁： 'H's entirely your fault; he ~ed. '那全是你的錯(cuò) ,' 他反駁說。 2 [VP14] (formal, rare) get equal with sb by returning (what has been received) in kind: (正式用語(yǔ)，罕)反擊; 回報(bào)： ~ insult for insult; 以牙還牙; ~ an argument/ affront. 反駁一論據(jù)(回報(bào)一侮辱)。 n [U] ~ing: 反駁; 反擊： say sth in ~; 反唇相讖; [C] ~ing answer: 反駁的回答： make an insolent 作侮慢的反擊。 |