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

• The desire to apportion blame and seek retribution after disaster strikes is human.
  在灾难爆发后推诿责任和寻求报复的欲求是人的本性。
• The retribution is inside my heart, also must I taste painstakingly.
  冤孽是在我心里头，苦也应当我一个人尝。
• And together they wandered through the untrodden ways like two children& the world and its retribution quite forgot.
  他们象两个孩子一样一同漫游在人迹未曾到过的道路上，完全忘记了世界和它的惩罚。
• That is why it attacks uniformly any definition of God which does not include fear, judgment and retribution, and any definition of Self which does not include their own idea of the only path to God.
  那就是为什么它一致地攻击对神的任何界定，若是那界定不包含恐惧、审判和报复，以及对自我的任何界定，若它不包含他们自己的朝向神的唯一道路的想法。
• 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。
• Those who take delight in other people's pain will suffer retribution sooner or later.
  把快乐建立在别人痛苦之上的人迟早要受到报应的。
• So for the moment, Britain has a process of truth and retribution.
  因此，目前看来，英国正处于一个以“真相和惩罚”为特征的过程。
• This gave them the freedom to make trouble all over the shop without fear of retribution.
  这使他们可以肆意到处惹是生非，而不用担心受到惩罚。
• It's divine retribution for your rudeness last night!
  这是老天对你昨晚粗鲁表现的惩罚！
• 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。