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riposte

noun
🔊/rɪˈpɒst/
🔊/rɪˈpəʊst/
(formal)
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  1. a quick and clever reply, especially to criticism机敏的回答；巧妙的反驳 synonym retort
    • a witty riposte机智的回答
  2. a course of action that takes place in response to something that has happened反应；回应
    • The US delivered an early riposte to the air attack.美国对空袭很快作出了反应。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French risposte (noun), risposter (verb), from Italian risposta ‘response’.

riposte

verb
🔊/rɪˈpɒst/
🔊/rɪˈpəʊst/
[transitive, intransitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they riposte
🔊/rɪˈpɒst/
🔊/rɪˈpəʊst/
he / she / it ripostes
🔊/rɪˈpɒsts/
🔊/rɪˈpəʊsts/
past simple riposted
🔊/rɪˈpɒstɪd/
🔊/rɪˈpəʊstɪd/
past participle riposted
🔊/rɪˈpɒstɪd/
🔊/rɪˈpəʊstɪd/
-ing form riposting
🔊/rɪˈpɒstɪŋ/
🔊/rɪˈpəʊstɪŋ/
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  1. to make a quick and clever reply to somebody/something, especially to a criticism机敏的回答；巧妙的反驳
    • riposte + speech ‘You are as ill-informed as usual,’ she riposted. “你像往常一样不了解情况，”她道。
    • riposte that… At once he riposted that his country had no link with insurgents.他立刻表示自己的国家与叛乱分子没有联系。
    • riposte with something The MP riposted with some more, quite different, statistics. 国会议员发布了更多，完全不同的统计数据。