His resentment over his powerlessness within the family seethes in this moment, and he thinks of a way to get back at his father.

他讨厌自己在父亲,暴怒时的无可奈何，因而他设法去报复。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

The notion of "an eye for an eye" is usually cited or held up as typical of the harsh and cruel standards of the vengeful Old Testament God.

以眼还眼“的概念常被引用，被推崇为带有报复,心理的《旧约》上帝所制定的典型标准，严酷而残忍。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

It's as if Richard takes those words, and he makes them his own, takes them from his father and gains a different kind of strength from them, a strength he can then use to get back at his father.

理查按父亲说的做了，就如同把父亲说的，复制于他的大脑中一样,似乎从中获得了一种，不同寻常的报复方式。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

So, in fact, you might want to marry John because he reminds you of your father or because you want to get back at somebody for betraying you.

所以，事实上你想与约翰结婚,可能是因为他让你想起了你的父亲,或是因为你想要报复曾经背叛了你的人。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选

I don't know whether it's easier for gentlemen or not because our voices are sort of in the bass, but maybe this is payback time since ladies are always singing the melody.

我不知道是否男人更容易唱出低声部，因为我们的嗓音本来就低，不过这也可能是女士们报复的时间到了，她们总是得唱旋律。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Gets off Scott free in five years when the other guy gets out, he might run into a situation where Yeah, so a short version of that is, it's a different kind of contract.

其中一个跑掉了,但是五年后,坐牢的就会回来报复,对,简而言之,这不是一般的协议

耶鲁公开课 - 博弈论课程节选

A thousand economists, from leading universities across the country sign a public appeal to congressman and president, not to pass this bill, that it would not do what they said it would do, it would not reduce unemployment, it would in fact lead to retaliation it would make it harder for Americans to sell goods to other countries.

但有数千位经济学家，来自于全国各大院校,向国会和总统公开发出呼吁，不要通过限制进口法案，法案不会奏效，法案不会减少失业，事实上会招致报复,会让美国更难,同别国做交易。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

And this casts the principle of talion, I hope, in a new light.

这以一种新的见解反映了报复的原则。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选