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

• 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 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。
• One that inflicts retribution or vengeance.
  受到惩罚或报复的人。
• 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。
• The Homeric heroes are ignorant and passionate men full of blind anger and desire for retribution.
  荷马英雄，尽是无知且激情的男性，满腔的盲目、忿怒与渴望报仇。
• I just want retribution for what he did to me.
  我只想要他对我所作所为的补偿。
• Sauron's wrath will be terrible, his retribution swift.
  索伦在盛怒下一定会报复。
• Its ethic foundation is the view of goodness and evil and the retribution of karma theory in Buddhism.
  其伦理基础是佛教伦理中的善恶观与业报论。
• Thought begets Heresy; Heresy begets Retribution.
  想法导致异端，异端招致惩罚。
• 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。