retort
/ri'tɒ:t/
📖 中文释义
- 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
🔗 释义中的汉语词
🧩 词形变化
💬 双语例句
This, however, only raised heckles from those who still see the group as a means to stare down the superpowers. Their retort – “Why not in Tehran?” – angered more than it soothed.
尽管地位已经大不如前,但最近在德黑兰举行的不结盟运动首脑会议却吸引了世人的关注。 有人质问为什么要在德黑兰举行首脑会议? 但这种质问只招来了仍利用组织俯视超级大国者的反驳。 “为什么德黑兰就不行 ? ” 他们的反唇相讥非但没能安抚那些质问者,反而激起了他们的怒火。
Economics does not have an ideology, he retorted. Quoting John Maynard Keynes, he pointed out that economics is a method that helps people to think straight and reach the correct answers, with no foreordained policy conclusions.
至于曼昆,他发现反对他的学生是“信息劣势”的。 他反驳说,经济学并不存在意识形态。 他引用凯恩斯的话,指出经济学是一种方法,能够帮助人们在不先入为主的情况下直接地思考并探寻正确答案。
🔵 同义词
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
- n. a vessel where substances are distilled or decomposed by heat
- v. answer back