The operation is being seen as a swift riposte to the killing of a senior army commander.

这次行动被看作是对一名高级军官被杀所作出的快速还击。

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The US delivered an early riposte to the air attack.

美国对空袭很快作出了反应。

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On the other hand, she offers a powerful riposte to those who insist on the opposite: that the brewing clash of civilisations is all the fault of Western misdeeds, for which no apology will suffice.

但从另一方面看，她给了那些站在对立面的人以有力的还击：他们认为文化冲突完全是西方人的不当行为造成的，而且道歉是无济于事的。

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Mr Purnell's speech was a riposte to the Tories, who had prescribed stronger medicine on January 8th.

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It was the ideal riposte to the early United dominance and Barca were suddenly playing with their usual swagger.

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But the resulting book is not just unfailingly readable: it is also a provocative, enlightening and welcome riposte to the cyber-utopian worldview.

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