strike back

英 [straɪk bæk]

美 [straɪk bæk]

反击; 回击

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 反击;回击
  If youstrike back, you harm or criticize someone who has harmed or criticized you.
  1. Our instinctive reaction when someone causes us pain is to strike back...
     当被别人弄疼时我们本能的反应是反击。
  2. Sometimes, Kappy got angry and struck back at him in whatever way she could...
     有时，卡皮被惹恼了就会不顾一切地反过来指责他。
  3. The president struck back at critics who say he should be held accountable for conditions that contributed to the riots.
     一些批评家指出总统应对导致骚乱局面的情形负责，总统对此予以驳斥。

英英释义

verb

• make a counterattack and return like for like, especially evil for evil
  1. The Empire strikes back
  2. The Giants struck back and won the opener
  3. The Israeli army retaliated for the Hamas bombing
  Synonym:retaliate

双语例句

• We will then have a powerful fleet with which to strike back against them.
  我们就会有一支强大的舰队反击他们。
• When Myanmar crosses the line China must strike back to defend itself, not to start a war.
  如果缅甸越过红线，中国就必须发起自卫反击，当然这不是要发动战争。
• He had been taught never to strike back.
  他受到的教育是绝不还击。
• Instead, Britain's official thinking is still based on ideas derived from the cold war: a time in which it seemed essential to convince the Kremlin that, if the Soviet Union were ever to nuke Britain, what was left of Britain could definitely strike back.
  然而，英国官方思维仍植根于冷战思想。在冷战时期，似乎绝对有必要让克里姆林宫相信以下这一点：假如苏联以核武器攻击英国，英国势必反击。
• Nokia has pledged to strike back at Apple and produce mobile phones that will compete effectively with the US technology company's iPhone.
  诺基亚（Nokia）誓言反击美国科技公司苹果（Apple），将生产出可以与该公司的iPhone有效竞争的手机。
• These are sincere words, not just empty rhetoric. True? I wanted to know how to strike back. What did truth have to do with it?
  这不是假话，是真话。真的还是假的？我想要知道的是如何进行反击。这和真假有什么关系？
• The most vulnerable are also those least able to strike back.
  最脆弱的人也是最不善于反击的人。
• The bombing was apparently carried out by the Mafia to strike back at the pope.
  这起爆炸显然是黑手党为反击教皇而制造的。
• Mr Lee has threatened to strike back at North Korea if it attacks again.
  李明博已发出威胁称，如果朝方再次攻击，韩方将作出还击。
• One that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce. The hissing of the serpent shall strike back at this world with unexpected ferocity.
  暴徒被看作抢劫的、掠夺的和凶猛的人蛇的吐舌声会凶猛的突击这个世界。