vengeance 音標拼音: [v'ɛndʒəns]
n . 報仇,復仇
報仇,復仇
vengeance n 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 "--
Romans 12 :
19 ; "
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 ";
"
the swiftness of divine retribution " [
synonym : {
vengeance },
{
retribution }, {
payback }]
Vengeance \
Venge "
ance \,
n . [
F .
vengeance ,
fr .
venger to avenge ,
L .
vindicare to lay claim to ,
defend ,
avenge ,
fr .
vindex a claimant ,
defender ,
avenger ,
the first part of which is of uncertain origin ,
and the last part akin to dicere to say .
See {
Diction },
and cf . {
Avenge }, {
Revenge }, {
Vindicate }.]
1 .
Punishment inflicted in return for an injury or an offense ;
retribution ; --
often ,
in a bad sense ,
passionate or unrestrained revenge .
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To me belongeth vengeance and recompense . --
Deut .
xxxii .
35 .
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To execute fierce vengeance on his foes . --
Milton .
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2 .
Harm ;
mischief . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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{
What a vengeance },
or {
What the vengeance },
what ! --
emphatically . [
Obs .] "
But what a vengeance makes thee fly !" --
Hudibras . "
What the vengeance !
Could he not speak '
em fair ?" --
Shak .
{
With a vengeance },
(
a )
with great violence ;
as ,
to strike with a vengeance .
[
Colloq .]
(
b )
with even greater intensity ;
as ,
to return one '
s insult with a vengeance .
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30 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vengeance ":
avengement ,
avenging ,
blood feud ,
counterblow ,
energetically ,
enthusiastically ,
ferociously ,
feud ,
fiercely ,
forcefully ,
furiously ,
getting even ,
repayment ,
reprisal ,
requital ,
retaliation ,
retribution ,
return ,
revanche ,
revanchism ,
revenge ,
revengefulness ,
sweet revenge ,
vehemently ,
vendetta ,
vengefulness ,
violently ,
wholeheartedly ,
wildly ,
with a vengeance
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