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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

counterstroke

/koun-ter-strohk/US // ˈkaʊn tərˌstroʊk //

反击,逆行,反击术,逆冲

Related Words

retribution报应,报复,报酬,报偿vengeance复仇,报复,报仇,复仇行动retaliation报复,报复行为,反击,报酬counterblow反击,反吹,反打击,抗击requital请求书,要求,请求,赎罪eye for an eye以眼还眼,以牙还牙avenging勇敢的,勇敢的人,勇敢的复仇者,勇敢的复仇

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a stroke or blow given in return.
    • : Medicine/Medical. contrecoup.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inreprisal
Synonyms
retaliation报复,报复行为,反击,报酬retribution报应,报复,报酬,报偿vengeance复仇,报复,报仇,复仇行动counterblow反击,反吹,反打击,抗击requital请求书,要求,请求,赎罪avengement复仇,报仇,报复,复仇行动avenging勇敢的,勇敢的人,勇敢的复仇者,勇敢的复仇eye for an eye以眼还眼,以牙还牙paying back还款,还钱,偿还,偿付

Examples

  • And if you suggest a fault, its panegyrists are always ready with a counterstroke.

  • Hancock made a fierce counterstroke, and the remnant of the Confederates retreated.

  • Counterstroke after counterstroke had failed, and Russia was now tottering towards a collapse.

  • Such was the faith required of Ulysses, but now comes the internal counterstroke: his skepticism.

  • The Russian counterstroke penetrated into Eylau itself and Napoleon himself was in serious danger.

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