vindictive
adjective /vɪnˈdɪktɪv/
/vɪnˈdɪktɪv/
- showing a strong and unreasonable desire to harm or upset somebody because you think that they have harmed you
想复仇的；报复性的；怀恨的 - He accused her of being vindictive.
他指责她存心报复。 - a vindictive comment
报复性的言论 - She liked to believe that she wasn’t vindictive by nature.
她喜欢相信自己天生没有报复心。 - She’s nothing but a jealous, vindictive, old woman.
她完全是个易生嫉妒，存心报复的老女人。
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin vindicta ‘vengeance’ + -ive. - He accused her of being vindictive.