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requite
  • Conjugation : past  requited ; ing  requiting
  • Derivatives : n  requiter
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

requite [rɪ'kwaɪt] [rɪ'kwaɪt]
  1. 1. vt. 报答回报
  2. 2. vt. 酬答某人);向(某人报复
  3. 3. vt. [Old-fashioned] 回赠

Collins English-English Dictionary

requite [rɪ'kwaɪt]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to make return to (a person for a kindness or injury); repay with a similar action
  2. 2. vt. [Etymology] C16: re- + obsolete quite to discharge, repay; see quit

Examples

以怨报德
return evil for good; repay good with evil; requite kindness with ingratitude; bite the hand that feeds one
老母对我们的恩情,我们无论怎么孝顺也不能报答。
We can not requite my mother for their care and upbringing.

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