vendetta
noun /venˈdetə/
/venˈdetə/
- a long period of violence between two families or groups, in which people are murdered in return for previous murders
家族世仇；团伙仇杀 Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- political
- conduct
- pursue
- wage
- …
- vendetta against
- vendetta (against somebody) a long argument or campaign in which one person or group does or says things to harm another
积怨；宿怨；长期不和 - He has accused the media of pursuing a vendetta against him.
他指责媒体长期跟他过不去。 - She conducted a personal vendetta against me.
她对我有宿仇。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- personal
- political
- conduct
- pursue
- wage
- …
- vendetta against
- He has accused the media of pursuing a vendetta against him.
词源mid 19th cent.: from Italian, from Latin vindicta ‘vengeance’.