riposte

noun

1. 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
2. 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。

1. N-COUNT 机敏的回答
   A riposte is 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。
2. VERB 机敏地回答
   If you riposte, 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。
3. N-COUNT 回应;还击
   You can refer to an action as a riposte to something 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。

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。
2. '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。
3. 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。
4. Yesterday staff at the castle declined to offer any riposte to Mrs Bourne.
   城堡的工作人员拒绝回应Bourne的职责。
5. He devised the foie gras bao years ago as a riposte to the DB Bistro burger, stuffing it with gold leaf and truffles.
   多年前，为了与DBBistro餐馆的汉堡抗衡，他设计了鹅肝酱包，里面塞满金叶和块菌。
6. 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。
7. But there is a legitimate riposte.
   但是这都是正当合法的建议。
8. 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。
9. The outcome could be decided by a hesitation in explaining a policy, a smart riposte or a display of arrogance.
   政策解释时的犹豫，一个聪明的还击或者显示的嚣张气焰都可能决定最后的结果。
10. 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。
11. The comments will serve as a riposte to sceptics who believe that Citi, which was rescued by the US government during the financial crisis, will retreat from international markets.
    这些言论将有力地还击怀疑人士的猜疑，即在金融危机期间受到美国政府救助的花旗将会退出国际市场。
12. Riposte ( Combat) now slows the target's melee attacks by20% instead of disarming them, awards one combo point.
    反击（战斗）不再拥有缴械效果，以降低目标物理攻速20%取代，并奖励一点连结点数。
13. 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。
14. This world cheated me, I must give riposte, I will not put off any a tiny bit belongs to my happiness.
    这个世界欺骗了我，我必须给与还击，我不会放掉任何一丁点儿属于我的幸福。
15. 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。
16. Many native English speakers will have a ready riposte: these are not variations, they are mistakes.
    很多英语母语人士的典型回应是：这些不是变异，而是错误。
17. 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。
18. He was unable to think of a suitable riposte.
    他想不出一个合适而机敏的回答。
19. From poor governance to flawed incentives, incompetent risk management to foolish strategies, the failures of the financial system have been so widespread as to render a coherent regulatory riposte impossible.
    从治理不良到激励不当，从无能的风险管理到愚蠢的策略，金融体系的失败如此广泛，使监管机构不可能作出协调的机敏回应。
20. Ambush, Backstab, Ghostly Strike, and Riposte now properly increase the attack power contribution by the percent modifier.
    攻击能量将部分影响伏击、背刺、幽魂击、回刺的武器伤害乘数。
21. 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。
22. One riposte is that reckless German banks have more to lose than most; the more serious is that if Berlin decides to act as a normal power, Europe will fragment.
    一种反驳是，蒙受最大损失的将是不计后果的德国银行。还有一种更严重的情况是，如果德国决定像一个普通的大国那样行事，欧盟就会解体。
23. China's riposte was that it was a violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea as well as Chinese law and regulations.
    中国驳斥说美国的行为违反联合国海洋法公约以及中国法规。
24. This will cast Sinister Strike on the first press, and on the next press, Riposte.
    第一次点击为邪恶攻击，然后下次为还击。
25. One migrant worker had the perfect riposte: Are you happy? they asked him.
    而一位农民工给出了绝妙的回答。记者问他：你幸福吗？
26. 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。
27. Riposte: Duration of this effect no longer reduced by other effects that reduce disarm duration.
    还击：该效果生效时不再会被其他减少缴械持续时间的效果影响而减少。
28. Riposte-Targets immune to disarm effects will now take damage from Riposte.
    反击，目标如果对击落武器免疫，那么，反击将不会对他产生任何伤害。
29. 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。
30. The buildings still stand there grandly enough, but look across the river now and, bang opposite the Bund, there towers a spectacular architectural riposte.
    这些建筑依然雄伟地矗立在那里，但现在往江对岸看去，就在外滩的对面，也矗立着一系列雄伟的建筑。

noun

1. (fencing) a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge

2. 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

1. answer back

   Synonym:    retortcome backrepayreturnrejoin

2. make a return thrust
   1. his opponent riposted