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

• 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。
• Analysts said the North might not strike back immediately, as it was waiting to see the outcome of diplomatic efforts, with China calling for six-party talks and urging Pyongyang to allow international inspectors to return to its main nuclear facilities.
  分析人士表示，朝鲜可能不会立即发动反击，因为它正在等候外交努力的结果&中国呼吁举行六方会谈，并敦促朝鲜允许国际检查团回去检查其主要核设施。
• This is because the repeated game offers a chance to strike back after any treachery.
  这是因为，重复的游戏能在任何背叛行为之后，提供反击的机会。
• Some night elves suggest that not all of the demons were banished, lurking even now beneath the glittering waters of the Coral Sea and awaiting the time to strike back.
  有些暗夜精灵认为并非所有的恶魔都已经被驱逐了，他潜伏在波光粼粼的水面下珊瑚丛生的海洋中等待着合适的时机发起反攻。
• 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。
• South Korea has vowed to strike back with jet fighters if attacked again by its neighbour, which has primitive nuclear warheads.
  韩国政府发誓如果朝鲜再一次攻击韩国，他们将用携带初级核弹头的战机进行反击。
• 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。
• 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。