vengeance

英 ['vendʒəns] 美 ['vendʒəns]

• n. 报复；报仇

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U] 复仇，报仇

   punishment in return for a wrong;revenge

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 报仇
2. 复仇
3. 报复
4. 惩罚
5. 复仇的心
6. 复仇的愿望

英英释义

Noun:

1. the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life;

   "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"
   "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"
   "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"
   "the swiftness of divine retribution"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. But the vengeance of Juno was not yet satiated.
   但是朱诺报复之心不死。
2. He is seeking vengeance upon his boss.
   他正在找机会报复他的老板。
3. She denounced vengeance against him.
   她扬言要向他报仇。
4. These villagers invoked vengeance on their enemies.
   这些村民们祈求天神向敌人报仇。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. He swore vengeance against the men who murdered his father.
   他发誓要向那些杀害他父亲的人报仇。

经典引文

• If you Should have ta'en vengeance on my faults, I never Had liv'd.

  出自：Cymbeline , Shakespeare

• They swore vengeance and began to prepare for war.

  出自： K. Crossley

词汇搭配

• with a vengeance 猛烈地
• Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure. 天网恢恢疏而不漏。...
• take vengeance on someone 向某人报复
• inflict vengeance on someone 向某人报复

近反义词

【近义词】

• revenge 报仇
• reprisal 报复
• retaliation 报复
• avengement 报仇
• payment 支付
• spite 恶意
• compensation 补偿
• retribution 报应
• punishment 惩罚
• payback 偿还