西瓜单词

vengeance是什么意思

vengeance

英 ['ven(d)ʒ(ə)ns] 美 ['vɛndʒəns]
  • n. 复仇;报复;报仇

vengeance 中文词源


vengeance 复仇

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

vengeance 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]

vengeance 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》

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