retribution

美音：[ˌrɛtriˈbjuːʃ(ə)n]

简单释义：

n.报应；惩罚；报复

网络报偿；惩戒；果报

完整释义：

1.报应;惩罚;报复

例句：

Or it may be because politicians, terrified of political retribution, avoided anything that would offend the old.
也或者是因为害怕政治报复的政治家避免冒犯老年人。
Now it appears the judges of this rabbinical court are out for retribution.
现在看来这家犹太法庭要对它施以报复了。
Therefore, passes Qin Kuai story development inspects hell retribution culture, should be a valuable research.
因此，通过「秦桧故事」的发展來考察地狱审判的文化，应是一个值得研究的课题。
Laws should not be based on the subjective concept retribution. Killing people does nothing but coarsen society.
法律不应该以个人的报复心理为基础。杀人没什么，不过是让社会更加粗俗而已。
The theoretical foundation of strict criminal policy is the theory of retribution and traditional concept of misdemeanours.
“严”的理论基础主要建立在报应刑理论和重刑的传统理念之上；
Whether or not he prayed for retribution, the poor woman was visited by a series of well-nigh Egyptian plagues.
无论詹姆士是否有祈求上天的报应，那个可怜的女人感染了一系列的埃及瘟疫。
eg. Retribution must be put on hold. It has become a diversion from, and an impediment to, the more important task of fixing the economy.
但惩罚必须暂时停止。它已经变成了对更重要任务——修复经济——的牵制和阻碍。
Andy must tend to her every whim without question and with the utmost haste for fear of the retribution she might receive from her boss.
安迪必须倾向于她的每一次心血来潮，毫无疑问，与最匆忙为报复她可能收到来自她的老板。

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