riposte

英 [rɪˈpɒst]

美 [rɪˈpoʊst]

n.  机敏的回答; 巧妙的反驳; 反应; 回应
v.  还刺，尖锐回答

复数：ripostes　现在分词：riposting　过去式：riposted　第三人称单数：riposts　过去分词：riposted　

BNC.19917 / COCA.31986

牛津词典

noun

• 机敏的回答；巧妙的反驳
  a quick and clever reply, especially to criticism
  1. a witty riposte
     机智的回答
• 反应；回应
  a course of action that takes place in response to sth that has happened
  1. The US delivered an early riposte to the air attack.
     美国对空袭很快作出了反应。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 机敏的回答
  Ariposteis a quick, clever reply to something that someone has said.
  1. Laura glanced at Grace, expecting a cheeky riposte.
     劳拉匆匆瞥了格雷斯一眼，想着他会厚着脸皮巧妙地反驳一下。
• VERB 机敏地回答
  If youriposte, you make a quick, clever response to something someone has said.
  1. 'It's tough at the top,' he said. 'It's tougher at the bottom,' riposted the billionaire.
     “身居高位很辛苦，”他说。“在底层更辛苦，”这个亿万富翁机敏地回答道。
• N-COUNT 回应;还击
  You can refer to an action as ariposte tosomething when it is a response to that thing.
  1. The operation is being seen as a swift riposte to the killing of a senior army commander.
     这次军事行动被看作是对一名高级军事指挥官被杀所作出的迅速还击。

英英释义

noun

• (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge
• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)
  1. it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher
  Synonym:rejoinderretortreturnreplicationcomebackcounter

verb

• answer back
  Synonym:retortcome backrepayreturnrejoin
• make a return thrust
  1. his opponent riposted

双语例句

• It is too early to say if this riposte to the conventional skyscraper will prove a success, but there is no denying the boldness of the attempt.
  这个挑战传统摩天大楼概念的建筑能否成功，现在评论还为时尚早。但没人能否认，这的确是一次大胆的尝试。
• Their standard riposte to such accusations is to point out that it requires the efforts of hundreds of thousands of backroom engineers, mathematicians and technicians to make space flight possible.
  他们对这种说法的标准回应就是指出：是背后无数的工程师、数学家、技术人员的努力才使得太空飞行称为可能。
• Anakin advances, following parry with riposte, before delivering a hefty boot to his opponent's face.
  阿纳金逼近过来，接着机敏地躲避，但先朝他对手的脸上踢出了重重的一脚。
• His comments will serve as a riposte to sceptics who believe that Citi will be forced to cut back its Asian operations amid domestic political pressure to focus on lending to us clients.
  他的上述评论对怀疑人士是一种回击，他们认为，在要求花旗重点向美国客户放贷的国内政治压力下，该银行将被迫削减其亚洲业务。
• For renault, the Spanish Grand Prix gave the perfect riposte to those who had suggested the team had lost their edge, and that ferrari's recent improvement in form marked a fundamental shift in formula one's balance of power.
  对于雷诺来说，西班牙大奖赛正好完美地驳斥了那些认为车队已经失去优势，并且法拉利最近状态的回升已经让一级方程式的力量均衡发生重大转变的人。
• It was a deserved triumph and a perfect riposte to those who had written off Liverpool's chances earlier in the season.
  这是一场当之无愧的胜利，一个完美的还击那些谁注销了利物浦的机会在本赛季早些时候。
• Americans have 'a strong taste for slapstick in various forms, and substitute riposte and banter for irony or whimsy, which they tend not. to understand.
  美国人对各种形式的闹剧非常感兴趣，用机敏的回答和玩笑来代替他们所不懂的讽刺和诙谐。
• But there is a legitimate riposte.
  但是这都是正当合法的建议。
• Pants to Poverty, which makes underwear using Fair Trade-certified cotton and guaranteeing workers a decent wage, is a riposte to the sweatshops of Bangladesh.
  PantstoPoverty公司生产内衣所使用的棉料，通过了公平贸易（FairTrade）认证，并确保工人能拿到不错的工资。这家公司是对孟加拉共和国血汗工厂的一种反击。
• I find the idea that the Nobels are being used as a riposte to French-bashing idiotic, he said.
  我觉得，用诺贝尔奖来还击法国衰落论的做法很愚蠢，他说。