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

• China said that would be an act of war and that it would take decisive action to strike back.
  中国表示，此举将意味着战争行为，中国将果断反击。
• Strike back, as in revenge for an attack.
  为了报复一场进攻而回击。
• Tom at last found a chance to strike back at those who had found fault with his latest book.
  汤姆终于找到了机会对攻击他的新作的人们反击。
• The American people are demanding that we strike back.
  所有的美国人民都会要求我们进行反击。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He had been taught never to strike back.
  他受到的教育是绝不还击。
• Only then were the Chinese naval units protecting the fishing boats ordered to strike back.
  直到这时，保护渔船的我海军部队才奉命还击。
• 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。