vengeance
英 ['ven(d)ʒ(ə)ns] 美 ['vɛndʒəns]
| 近义词 | retaliation 、 reprisal 、 revenge | ||
|---|---|---|---|
- n. 复仇；报复；报仇
中文词源
vengeance 复仇
来自古法语vengier,复仇，报仇，词源同vindication,vendetta.
英文词源
- 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]
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Not all acts of vengeance are of equal gravity.
- 并非所有的报复行为都同等恶劣。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. It began to rain again with a vengeance.
- 又开始下起了大雨。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. a desire for vengeance
- 复仇心
来自《权威词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》