tit for tat

英 美
  • <俚>针锋相对; 以牙还牙
  • for prep.为;因为;代表;往;支持;关于;给conj.因为
  • tat vi.梭织vt.用梭织法编织n.转移活化基因
  • tit n.山雀n.乳头;乳房
Noun:
  1. an equivalent given in return

1. The two countries have each expelled another diplomat following a round of tit-for-tat expulsions.
在一轮以牙还牙的驱逐行动之后,这两个国家又分别驱逐了一位外交官。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

2. The two countries have each expelled another diplomat following a round of tit-for-tat expulsions.
在一轮以牙还牙的驱逐行动之后,这两个国家又分别驱逐了一位外交官。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

    1. Retributive justice demands an eye for an eye.
      报复型正义要求以眼还眼,以牙还牙。
    2. He was comforted by the thought that he had given Mrs Green a Roland for her Oliver.
      一想到已经用以牙还牙的方式对待了格林太太,他就感到宽慰。

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