Retort
[ rɪ'tɔrt ]
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vt. 反驳;报复;杀菌釜;
vi. 回嘴;反驳;
n. 反驳，回嘴;反驳的回答;
💡 词根助记
re回+tort扭转→返回来扭→反驳；报复
📝 例句
He withheld a strong retort.
他克制着没大声反驳。
retort on [upon] one's accusers
对责难自己者加以反责
She appeared to enjoy a bold retort and to be disposed to be gracious.
她看起来喜欢大胆的回答，愿意通情达理。
Marianne was going to retort, but she remembered her promises and forbore.
玛丽安正想反驳，但她记起了自己的诺言，便捺住了性子。
He scored a bull's-eye in their argument with that witty retort.
在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ retort-反驳,resort-诉诸:反驳无效后,他就诉诸法律
※ re-谐音“阿姨”,tort-侵权行为:阿姨反驳自己的行为不侵权
※ re-谐音“阿姨”,to-似数字“70”,rt-拼音“热汤”:阿姨想喝70碗热汤遭到了反驳
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
-tort-表示“扭”
常见变体有-tour-
📖 牛津释义
retort
v[Tn, Tf]
make a quick, witty or angry reply, esp to an accusation or challenge 反驳; 回嘴
`Nonsense!' she retorted. 她反驳说, ｀一派胡言!＇
He retorted that it was my fault as much as his. 他反驳说我的错误并不比他的错误小. retort, n
(a) [U] retorting 反驳; 回嘴
He made a rude sign by way of retort. 他做出粗鲁动作表示反驳.
(b) [C] reply of this kind 反驳的回答
make an insolent retort 做出侮慢的答覆.
retort n
1 glass vessel with a long narrow neck turned downwards, used for distilling liquids 曲颈甑; 蒸馏甑.
2 receptacle used in making gas or steel （制煤气、 炼钢用的）蒸馏罐.
🎯 考研助记
re(向反)+tort(扭曲):回击扭曲- 反驳 网友：yqy 补充：re不断, tort侵权行为－报复
🔁 扩展释义
*[ri'tɒ:t]n. 反驳, 顶嘴, 蒸馏器, 曲颈甑vi. 反驳, 回嘴, 反击vt. 反击, 反驳, 蒸馏【医】 曲颈甑, 蒸溜瓶相关词组: retort upon sb
🏥 医学释义
曲颈甑，蒸馏瓶
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「CET-6」词汇
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What a pity!
真可惜！
I've recently noticed that one of my work-mates is stealing.
我最近注意到，我的一个工友在行窃。
It's very difficult to see where we're going and the shower may pass in an hour or two. Let's rest and have some food.
“现在很难看到我们要去的地方。阵雨可能一两个小时就会过去，我们休息一下吃点东西。”