retorts

英 [rɪˈtɔːts]

美 [rɪˈtɔːrts]

v.  (生气或幽默地)反驳，回嘴
n.  (生气或幽默的)回应，反驳; 曲颈甑; 曲颈瓶; 蒸馏器
retort的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 反驳;回嘴
  Toretortmeans to reply angrily to someone.
  1. Was he afraid, he was asked. 'Afraid of what?' he retorted...
     有人问他是否害怕。“害怕什么？”他反问道。
  2. Others retort that strong central power is a dangerous thing in Russia.
     其他人反驳说强大的中央集权在俄罗斯是很危险的。
  3. Retortis also a noun.
     
  4. His sharp retort clearly made an impact.
     他尖刻的反驳显然起了作用。

双语例句

• I always run inclusive and successful organisations, she retorts when I ask her whether she'd applied any lessons from that searing experience to her new post.
  当我问她，有没有从那种惨痛的体验中吸取到某种教训、并将其应用于新职务时，她反驳说：我始终运行包容、成功的组织。
• On a phone call to someone in the "outside world," he retorts in true House form:" Yes, how many other friends do you have in the asylum?"
  给“外面”的一位朋友打电话的时候，他以豪斯的风格反问说，“是的，你还有多少朋友在精神病院里？”
• Mr Mayer retorts that even the IMF has learnt that its interventions work only if countries co-operate.
  梅耶反驳说，国际货币基金组织认识到，干预措施只有在各国协同合作时才能奏效。
• He mentions hedging the risk, but his boss retorts that in the next two years that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars in lost profits.
  首席风险官又建议对冲风险，但他的老板回击说这会使未来两年利润下降好几亿美金。
• Coupled heat transfer and chemical reactions in magnesium production retorts Energy-saving, consumption reducing and discharge abatement are the vitality of silicothermic reduction in magnesium metallurgy
  炼镁还原罐内传热与化学反应的耦合特性节能、降耗、减排是硅热法炼镁发展的生命力
• Be careful to avoid clever retorts or comedic one-liners here.
  小心，不要用“聪明的狡辩”或幽默来回答。
• Churchill was also notorious for his witty retorts.
  丘吉尔也因为他机智诙谐的辩驳而出名。
• These retorts were designed for supplying the Estonian Power Station with shale oil produced from unconcentrated fine-grained ( energy) oil shale.
  设计这些干馏炉是为了向爱沙尼亚发电厂供应通过非浓缩细颗粒（能量）油母页岩产出的页岩油。
• City gas supply by coke ovens, vertical retorts, water-gas generators and two stage water-gas generators are presented. Investment comparison of coke ovens and water-gas generators shows that water-gas should be favored in small and medium cities.
  城市煤气气源有焦炉、直立炉、水煤气炉、两段水煤气炉等，文中列出了焦炉与水煤气炉的投资比较，说明水煤气是中小城市的主要气源。
• China retorts that it cannot be expected immediately to adopt rules written for rich countries, especially since those nations violated such principles globally for decades.
  中国反驳道，不能指望它会立即采用为富国制订的规矩，特别是因为那些富裕国家也曾在全球长期违反这些原则。