"I once distrusted you and watched you in secret," he said, speaking after a short silence, thoughtfully, and with a strange, tranquil sadness in his voice. "And now, what I did by you, you do by me. You put the hope of your life once in my hands. Is it because they were not worthy of the trust that discovery and ruin overtake me, and that you are the instrument of the retribution? Can this be the decree of Heaven--or is it nothing but the blind justice of chance?"英文原著 · 《AFTER DARK》
This Spartan, the daughter of the great chief Menelaus, proves this; for she hath kindled hot fury against a rival, and is bent on slaying the hapless Trojan maid and her child to further her bitter quarrel. 'Tis a murder gods and laws and kindness all forbid. lady, retribution for this deed will yet visit thee. But lo! before the house I see those two united souls, condemned to die. for thee, poor lady, and for thee, unhappy child, who art dying on account of thy mother's marriage, though thou hast no share therein and canst not be blamed by the royal house.英文原著 · 《Andromache》
His sorry hope was in revenge, but if he could have looked into Macbeth's castle on Dunsinane Hill, he would have seen at work a force more solemn than revenge. Retribution was working, for Lady Macbeth was mad. She walked in her sleep amid ghastly dreams. She was wont to wash her hands for a quarter of an hour at a time; but after all her washing, would still see a red spot of blood upon her skin. It was pitiful to hear her cry that all the perfumes of Arabia could not sweeten her little hand.英文原著 · 《Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare》
CHAPTER XXXI. Subject Continued. CHAPTER XXXII. Reasons Why and Wherefore. CHAPTER XXXIII. Which People Void of Feeling Need Not Read. CHAPTER XXXIV. Retribution.英文原著 · 《Charlotte Temple》
Hitherto, wherever the whites have been the most powerful, they have maintained the blacks in a subordinate or a servile position; wherever the negroes have been strongest they have destroyed the whites; such has been the only retribution which has ever taken place between the two races.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
When I saw him he was a prey to all the anguish of despair, and he made me feel how awful is the retribution of nature upon those who have broken her laws.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
To make sure he was banned from the park, to exact retribution.美剧 · 《Billions》
From the retribution SugarVape was prepared to unleash.美剧 · 《Billions》
The only times I've ever seen you truly fuck yourself were when you narrowed your whole gaze to retribution.美剧 · 《Billions》