| 单词 | vengeance |
| 释义 | vengeance (once / 292 pages) n If someone hurts you, you might be inspired to plan an act of vengeance: some type of payback in order to settle the score. Be careful, though, because you might inspire someone to take vengeance on you in return. Vengeance is a downward spiral of pain and betrayal, one person hurting another, who hurts another, and so on. You might demand vengeance if your brother throws your favorite jeans into a tree, and your brother might feel the same way after you spit gum in his hair. The phrase “with a vengeance” means to do something with a lot of intensity. Vengeance shares roots with the word revenge, and someone who wants revenge usually pursues it with a vengeance. WORD FAMILYvengeance: vengeances USAGE EXAMPLES“Sully,” “Storks,” “In a Valley of Vengeance,” “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie.” Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) In it he called his attack vengeance for airstrikes against Muslims and said he wished to become a martyr. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) There is in each of us a temptation to vengeance, and this is my confession. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) n the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life Vengeance is mine "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him Syn|Hyper payback, retribution retaliation, revenge action taken in return for an injury or offense |
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