counter-attack

英 [ˈkaʊntər ətæk]

美 [ˈkaʊntər ətæk]

n.  (战争、体育运动或争论中的)反攻，反击
v.  (在战争、体育运动或争论中)反攻，反击

复数：counter-attacks　过去式：counter-attacked　现在分词：counter-attacking　过去分词：counter-attacked　

牛津词典

noun

• （战争、体育运动或争论中的）反攻，反击
  an attack made in response to the attack of an enemy or opponent in war, sport or an argument

verb

• （在战争、体育运动或争论中）反攻，反击
  to make an attack in response to the attack of an enemy or opponent in war, sport or an argument

柯林斯词典

• VERB 反攻；反击
  If youcounter-attack, you attack someone who has attacked you.
  1. The security forces counter-attacked the following day and quelled the unrest...
     第二天安全部队发起反击，镇压了骚动。
  2. Marion's father counter-attacked by saying that Blaze's claims were cruel and untrue.
     玛丽昂的父亲反击说布拉兹的说法冷酷无情，根本是在撒谎。
  3. Counter-attackis also a noun.
     
  4. The army began its counter-attack this morning.
     军队今早发起了反攻。

双语例句

• The next thing we'll do is counter-attack, boots and all.
  我们下一步要反攻，不受清规戒律的约束。
• We need to strike fast before the Russians can launch a counter-attack.
  我们需要抢在俄国人反击之前发动突袭。
• The longer we stay in one place, the more likely we are to face a counter-attack.
  我们在一个地方呆的越长，我们越可能面对被人的攻击。
• GM and Ford began their counter-attack last September by significantly extending vehicle warranties.
  通用汽车和福特于去年9月开始反击，大幅延长了汽车保修期限。
• The counter-attack on the Rightists may take a few more weeks, a month or so.
  反击右派也许还要几十天，还要个把月。
• Palermo are very strong on the counter-attack and we have to learn to play against that.
  获得这样一个有利的结果太重要了，在帕勒莫没有打的情况下。
• Sometimes they "play possum" and wait for a chance to "spring a counter-attack".
  有时他们会装死躺下，等待时机，反攻过去。
• They awaited an opportunity to counter-attack.
  他们等候机会进行反击。
• It is also quite natural that we should counter-attack.
  我们反击，也是很自然的。
• Zhukov knows that only a decisive counter-attack could remove Germany from Moscow.
  他知道，只有一场决定性的反击才能彻底消除德军对莫斯科的威胁。