reprisal

noun

1. a retaliatory action against an enemy in wartime

1. 报复（行为）
If you do something to a person in reprisal, you hurt or punish them because they have done something violent or unpleasant to you.

e.g. There were fears that some of the Western hostages might be killed in reprisal...
有人担心一些西方人质可能会受到报复性杀害。
e.g. Witnesses are unwilling to testify through fear of reprisals.
由于害怕报复，目击者不愿作证。

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1. 报复：在传统国际法里,承认为合法解决争端方法的,除了现代国际法意义上的某一些以法律和政治方法著称的方法如仲裁、调查以外,尚有战争、反报(retortion)、报复(reprisal)、平时封锁(pacificblockade)和干涉(intervention)等.

2. reprisal的意思

2. 报复,报复之行为：reprimand 申斥 | reprisal 报复,报复之行为 | reproach 责备,申斥

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3. 报复行为：contamination 污染物 | reprisal 报复行为 | overhaul 彻底检查; 大修

4. 実力行使：repressor protein ==> 阻抑蛋白 | reprisal ==> 実力行使 | reprisal attack ==> 報復攻撃