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词汇 vengeance
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vengeance

noun
/ˈvendʒəns/
/ˈvendʒəns/
[uncountable] (formal)Idioms
  1. the act of punishing or harming somebody in return for what they have done to you, your family or friends报复;报仇;复仇 synonym revenge
    • a desire for vengeance复仇心
    • vengeance on/upon somebody to take vengeance on somebody对某人进行报复
    • 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。
    • He swore vengeance on his child's killer.他发誓要找杀害他孩子的凶手报仇。
    • vengeance against somebody He sought vengeance against those who had humiliated his country.他寻求向那些曾侮辱过自己国家的人报仇。
    • He stormed out, eyes blazing, bent on vengeance.他两眼冒火、怒气冲冲地冲了出去,决意要报仇雪恨。
    • They sought vengeance against the countries that had humiliated France in 1814.他们寻求向那些曾在1814 年侮辱过法国的国家报仇。
    • vengeance for the murder of the princess为被谋害的公主报仇
    • He sets out to exact vengeance for the Trojan victory.他开始为特洛伊的胜利复仇。
    • Vengeance was swift and brutal.报复行动是迅速而残忍的。
    Topics War and conflictc2
    Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • terrible
    verb + vengeance
    • exact
    • take
    • wreak
    preposition
    • vengeance  against
    • vengeance  for
    • vengeance  on
    词源Middle English: from Old French, from venger ‘avenge’.
Idioms
with a vengeance
  1. (informal) to a greater degree than is expected or usual程度更深地;出乎意料地
    • She set to work with a vengeance.她加倍努力地工作起来。
    • After two days the infection came back with a vengeance.两天后,感染卷土重来。
    • After a poor season last year, he’s back with a vengeance.去年经历了一个糟糕的赛季后,他卷土重来。
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