reciprocate
reciprocate 英 [rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt] 美 [rɪˈsɪprəˌket]
v. 回报；回应；往返的
进行时:reciprocating 过去式:reciprocated 过去分词:reciprocated 第三人称单数:reciprocates 名词复数:reciprocates
- You reciprocate when you return a favor, return a compliment, or respond "the same to you" to the angry guy in the car you just passed. In short, you react to an action, statement, or emotion by mirroring it.
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- v. 回报；回应；往返的
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1. Her passion for him was not reciprocated.
她对他的热情没有得到回应。
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2. He smiled but his smile was not reciprocated.
他露出微笑，可他的微笑没有得到回应。
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3. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or to reciprocate with a remark of my own.
我不知道是该笑一笑还是该说点什么作为回应。
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4. a reciprocating action
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- reciprocate (v.) "to return, requite," 1610s, back-formation from reciprocation, or else from Latin reciprocatus, past participle of reciprocare "rise and fall, move back and forth; reverse the motion of," from reciprocus (see reciprocal). Related: Reciprocated; reciprocating.
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