/rɪˈsɪprəkeɪt/
回报,报答;互换,互给。指以同样的方式回应他人的行为、感情或善意。
She helped me move, so I reciprocated by cooking her dinner.
她帮我搬家,所以我做了一顿晚餐来回报她。
Although he had always shown her kindness and generosity, she found it difficult to reciprocate his feelings.
尽管他一直对她表现出善意和慷慨,她却发现自己很难回应他的感情。
源自拉丁语 reciprocus,意为"交替的、来回的",由 **re-**(向后)和 **pro-**(向前)组合而成,字面意思是"一来一回"。16世纪进入英语,最初用于描述物理上的往复运动,后来引申为人际间的回报与互惠。