vengeance

英 [ˈven.dʒəns]      美 [ˈven.dʒəns]
  • n. 复仇;报复;报仇
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vengeance 复仇

来自古法语vengier,复仇,报仇,词源同vindication,vendetta.

vengeance
vengeance: see vindicate
vengeance (n.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French vengeaunce, Old French vengeance, venjance "revenge, retribution" (12c.), from vengier "take revenge," from Latin vindicare "assert a claim, claim as one's own; avenge, punish" (see vindicate).
Vengeance is mine, ... saith the Lord. Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head. [Paul to the Romans, xii:19-20]
1. He vowed to wreak vengeance on his unfaithful, thieving wife.
他发誓要报复对自己不忠、爱偷东西的妻子。
2. Not all acts of vengeance are of equal gravity.
并非所有的报复行为都同等恶劣。
3. It began to rain again with a vengeance.
又开始下起了大雨。
4. a desire for vengeance
复仇心
5. She is determined to wreak vengeance on those who killed her cousin.
她决心要向杀害表妹的凶手报仇.

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