1·I was sorely tempted to retaliate.
我非常想报复。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·It takes the most levelheaded and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to retaliate when subjected to uncivilized behavior.
只有头脑最冷静、脾气最好的司机，才能在遇到不文明行为时抵制报复的诱惑。
3·It takes the most cool-headed and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to retaliate when subjected to uncivilized behavior.
当遇到不文明的行为时，只有头脑最冷静、脾气最好的司机才能忍住不报复。
4·If people perceive one such rule to have been violated, they may feel morally obliged to retaliate against the wrongdoers — even if the retaliation does more harm than good.
如果人们发现有谁违反了他们的神圣准则，他们就会感到有道德的义务去报复侵犯者。即使这样做害处大于好处。
5·But the human population is growing fast in the region these days, and people may be tempted to retaliate if the monkeys' garden incursions turn into full-fledged crop raids.
但是，近些年来这些地区的人口数量骤增，人们也许会进行报复如果猴子们把入侵花园的行动进一步演化成全面扫荡成熟的作物。