retainer
【考法 1】 n. 家仆： a person attached or owing service to a household
【例】 Knights are dressed for battle by their retainers. 骑士们在上战场之前是由他们的家仆帮助着装打扮的。
【近】 menial, servant
【反】 lord, master 主人
retaliate
【考法 1】 vt. 报复，反击： to pay back（as an injury）in kind
【例】 We swear to retaliate for our losses. 我们发誓要以牙还牙。
【近】 avenge, redress, requite, revenge
【反】 absolve, condone, forgive, pardon 饶恕，宽恕
【派】 retaliation n. 报复
retard
【考法 1】 vt. 减速，延迟： to cause to move or proceed slowly; delay or impede
【例】 Language barriers retarded their negotiating progress. 语言障碍让谈判进程受阻。
【近】 bog, brake, decelerate, delay, detain, hamper, impede, mire, slacken
【反】 accelerate, catalyze, expedite, hasten, precipitate 加速，促进
retinue
【考法 1】 n. 随行人员： a group of retainers or attendants
【例】 The premier inspected the factory with his retinue. 总理与随同人员一起视察了工厂。
【近】 associates, entourage, followers, posse, retainers
【反】 leader 领导者
reticent
【考法 1】 adj. 沉默不语的： inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech
【例】 He was reticent about his plans. 他对他的计划三缄其口。
【近】 closemouthed, constrained, laconic, reserved, restrained, silent, taciturn
【反】 communicative, expansive, talkative 健谈的；garrulous, loquacious 话多的
【考法 2】 adj. 不愿意的： slow to begin or proceed with a course of action because of doubts or uncertainty
【例】 Understandably, she's reticent about becoming involved with another religious sect. 不难理解，她不愿意被牵扯另一个宗教派别之中。
【近】 cagey, disinclined, dubious, indisposed, loath, reluctant
【反】 willing 乐意的；disposed, inclined 倾向于做某事的；eager 渴望的
retort
【考法 1】 n. （尤指机智的）回应，回答： something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question, especially a quick, witty, or cutting reply
【例】 She responded to the heckler with a scathing but hilarious retort that instantly won over the audience. 面对故意起哄捣乱的人，她那严厉但不失幽默的回答立刻得到了观众的肯定。
【近】 comeback, rejoinder, repartee, reply, response, return, riposte
【反】 inquiry, query, question 问题，问询
retouch
【考法 1】 v. 润饰，改进： to improve or change (a photographic negative or print)
【例】 She was retouching her painting before the deadline. 在截止日期到来之前，她一直在润色她的画作。
【近】 ameliorate, enhance, furbish, meliorate, perfect, polish, refine, upgrade
【反】 deteriorate, downgrade, worsen 恶化，降低
retract
【考法 1】 vt. 收回，否认： to take back
【例】 The newspaper had to retract its allegations against the mayor. 报纸不得不收回针对市长的谣言。
【近】 abjure, abnegate, disavow, forswear, recall, recant, renounce, repeal, repudiate, withdraw
【反】 tender 提出（建议，想法）；adhere, stick 坚持
【派】 retractable adj. 可收回的
retrench
【考法 1】 vi. 削减开支： to curtail expenses
【例】 Declining business forced the company to retrench. 衰减的业务迫使公司削减开支。
【近】 economize, reduce, cut down
【反】 enlarge, expand 扩大，扩张
【派】 retrenchment n. 削减开销
retribution
【考法 1】 n. 报偿，报应： the dispensing or receiving of reward or punishment especially in the hereafter
【例】 The neighborhood is being torn apart by an endless cycle of gang violence and retribution. 这个社区正在被帮派间斗争和仇恨的恶性循环割裂。
【近】 avengement, payback, recompense, reparation, repayment, requital, retaliation, revenge, vengeance
【派】 retributive n. 报应的