Retribution
[retrɪ'bjuːʃ(ə)n] or [,rɛtrɪ'bjuʃən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of correcting for your wrongdoing.
(noun.) a justly deserved penalty.
阿纳托尔校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) The act of retributing; repayment.
(n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.
(n.) Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.
艾莉森校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [Used especially with respect to the divine government.] [1]. Repayment, requital, recompense, reward, compensation, return.[2]. Distribution of rewards and punishments.
海耶斯校對
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Penalty, repayment, reward, compensation, punishment, visitation
ANT:Condonation, remission, pardon, reprieve, non-retribution, sparing
整理:莎丽
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. A rain of fire-and-brimstone that falls alike upon the just and such of the unjust as have not procured shelter by evicting them.
編輯:梅布尔
例句/造句/用法:
- They call this _retribution_. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The sentence of the court is passed, but the day of retribution has not been set. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- However, retribution came to them afterward. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Excess had brought on that frightful disease that seems to throw the lurid shadows of a coming retribution back into the present life. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- And if he turned to God there seemed to be no answer but the pressure of retribution. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- How extravagant soever the fees of counsellors at law may sometimes appear, their real retribution is never equal to this. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- They may, notwithstanding, solace themselves with my assurance that a day of retribution will come, and may be nearer than many of them anticipate. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Thus we combine business with retribution, and all things are lovely. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- She realized the stern retribution which justice metes to the murderer. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- It would be a stern and awful retribution, Phaidor; but a just one. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Is it not a just retribution? 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- Taxes upon luxuries are finally paid by the consumers of the commodities taxed, without any retribution. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- How awfully, at the last moment, had the working of the retribution THERE been snatched from my feeble hands! 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Vengeance and retribution require a long time; it is the rule. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- In the description of the meadow, and the retribution of the good and evil after death, there are traces of Homer. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- Of piety and impiety to gods and parents, and of murderers, there were retributions other and greater far which he described. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- These, said Er, were the penalties and retributions, and there were blessings as great. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
校對:梅勒妮