vengeance

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n. 复仇, 报仇 [法] 报仇, 复仇

发音

US /ˈvɛnˌd͡ʒəns/

词形变化

vengeances 复数 vengeances

别名

vengence vengeaunce

教材释义与例句

名词

复仇；报复；报仇

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Revenge taken for an insult, injury, or other wrong.

    复仇

    可数 不可数

    My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North; General of the Felix Legions; loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius; father to a murdered son; husband to a murdered wife; and I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.

  2. 2.

    Desire for revenge.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

payback retribution

上位词 2

revenge retaliation

相关短语

with a vengeance 猛烈地, 极度地 whip-belly vengeance whistle-belly vengeance belly vengeance pinch-belly vengeance

词源

From Anglo-Norman vengeaunce, from Old French vengeance, venjance, from vengier (“to avenge”). Analysable as venge + -ance.

来源：wiktionary