vengeance的意思

vengeance

英式音标['vɛndʒəns]
美式英标['ven(d)ʒ(ə)ns]

基本解释

n. 复仇；报复；报仇

vengeance 复仇

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

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]

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。

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.