大学英语六级常用短语 in retribution
释义:
in retribution 作为报复
例句:
Death Row will be closed, as the taking of life in retribution for crimes is totally against Universal Law.
死囚牢房必须关闭,因为罪行而执行死刑的法律是完全违背宇宙法则的。
If the government lashes out in retribution against Apple, they will make Apple a hero in the eyes of Chinese consumers.
However much Apple may protest its innocence regardless of circumstances, Noise Free certainly has a vested interest in retribution after losing out on such a big contract.
Last week, the career of a distinguished U.S. Air Force general officer was terminated in retribution for displaying contempt for the commander in chief, President Bill Clinton.
She never took the time to defend Mithal Alousi, the Iraqi liberal democrat whose sons were assassinated in retribution for his visit to Israel and his outspoken championing of peace between Iraq and Israel.
Where sharia poses genuine dilemmas for secular countries with big Muslim minorities is not in the realm of retribution but in its application to family matters such as divorce, inheritance and custody.
It will be interesting to see what becomes of all these confidential witnesses, cowering in fear of retribution, when defense lawyers finally get to put them under oath.
In a bizarre retribution, she set herself on fire.
He promised the assembled staff and analysts that if they keep applying themselves, they won't be personally marked for career-destroying sanctions or criminal prosecutions, even as disbelieving counterterrorism professionals -- the field operatives and their foreign partners -- shut down critical operations for fear of public disclosure and political retribution in the never-ending Beltway soap opera called Capitol Hill.
Not only would a postwar government with Taliban members reverse such gains, but many woman who have made social, political and economic gains in the last decade would be in danger of suffering violent retribution and shaming from the men in their communities.
In the absence of retribution, the Iraqi dictator has apparently concluded that the time has come for still bolder action.
But as Sharon Stone, an American actress, found in May when she suggested that the earthquake could have been karmic retribution for the clampdown in Tibet, it is easily reawakened.
We reject the notion, implicit in much of today's debate, that higher tax rates on the wealthy are justified because of the finance industry's role in the crunch: retribution is a poor rationale for taxation.