tit for tat

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌtɪt fə ˈtæt]
• 美式音标 [ˌtɪt fɚ ˈtæt]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 以牙还牙，针锋相对

同根派生

英汉例句

权威例句

• Tit for tat, the Brits refused to pull their troops from forts along America's northern border.
  ECONOMIST: America's Founding Fathers
• The story is a simple matter of tit for tat: buppie Joseph C.
  NEWYORKER: Strictly Business
• She seemed more interested in being a reactionary and playing "tit for tat" than actually making and developing a point.
  FORBES: Magazine Article

词组短语

短语

• tit -for-tat real-time communication 点─点实时通信

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• actions done intentionally to punish other people because they have done something unpleasant to you

专业释义

法学

• 以牙还牙，针锋相对

经济学

• 针锋相对