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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I shall insist that they do from now on. Eating cabbage will keep them healthy.
我要他们从现在起就吃（醋泡白菜）。吃白菜会使他们的身体保持健康的。
When there is no one in the office, you can leave the answering machine on so that people who call you up can leave a message.
当无人在办公室时，你可以打开留言机，这样打电话给你的人就可以留言了。
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.
由于卡尔·冯·弗里施教授一生都在研究蜜蜂在内的动物之间信息的传递，他和另外两位科学家在1973被授予一项诺贝尔奖。他于1982年去世。