1. 惩罚;报应
Retribution is punishment for a crime, especially punishment which is carried out by someone other than the official authorities.
e.g. He didn't want any further involvement for fear of retribution.
他担心受到惩罚，不想再牵涉其中。
1. They refused to be identified by name, saying they feared retribution.
2. Philippine officials complain investigations are often hampered by witnesses who are reluctant to come forward for fear of retribution.
3. It is far better to do it voluntarily than to wait for the day of retribution with someone else doing the reckoning.
4. The doctor's intuition was right, but the retribution that came later was worse than he could've imagined.
5. Chen has called his trial a political vendetta by Taiwan's current government, in retribution for his lifelong push for the island's independence.
6. Modern weapons make it impossible for one country to inflict damage on another without retribution.
7. Russian news agencies that reported his comments did not say whether he specified what kind of retribution or against whom.
8. The evil twosome gather unparalleled power and a thirst for retribution to threaten Parker and everyone he loves.
9. Plame believes her identity was leaked to the press as retribution for her husband's criticism of prewar intelligence on Iraq.
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10. A hacker attacked a government website in Sichuan Province and posted pornographic photos on it as retribution against his former boss.