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

• 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。
• 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。
• Evil actions will bring retribution.
  恶行会有恶报。
• Some people saw her death as divine retribution for her crimes.
  一些人将她的死看作是神对她的罪过的惩罚。
• 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。
• 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。
• Its ethic foundation is the view of goodness and evil and the retribution of karma theory in Buddhism.
  其伦理基础是佛教伦理中的善恶观与业报论。
• One that inflicts retribution or vengeance.
  受到惩罚或报复的人。
• Do evil actions bring retribution after death?
  做了坏事死后会有报应吗？
• Nor have I so read or interpreted Holy Writ, as to understand that the disclosure of human thoughts and deeds, then to be made, is intended as a part of the retribution.
  就我阅读和宣讲的《圣经》而论，我并不认为，人们的思想和行为到了非揭示不可的时刻，就一定是一种报应。